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abaddons

abaddons is the plural of abaddon.

Meaning of abaddon

Noun

abaddon (plural abaddons)

  1. (British, archaic, slang) An informer; a criminal who informs on other criminals to the authorities.
    • The prisoner, Money Moses, better known among thieves and fences as Moses the abaddon, has been, to my knowledge, for the last twenty years a receiver and dealer in stolen property.c. 1839, Report of the Trial of the Great Gold Dust Robbery

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Noun capitalized: Abaddons

Abaddons

  1. (plural) plural of Abaddon

Questions about abaddons

What is abaddons the plural of?
Abaddons is the plural of abaddon.
What part of speech is abaddons?
Abaddons is a noun.

Words near abaddons in the dictionary

  1. abadavine
  2. abadavines
  3. Abaddan
  4. Abaddans
  5. abaddon
  6. abaddons
  7. abade
  8. Abadi
  9. Abadie
  10. Abadies
  11. Abadis

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