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angel-drawers

angel-drawers noun: affectionate term of address.

Noun

angel-drawers (plural angel-drawers)

  1. (humorous) Affectionate term of address.
    • HOST: Can I call you "sugar plum"?
      ROSS: No.
      HOST: "Pussycat"?
      ROSS: No!
      HOST: "Angel drawers"?1969, "It's the Arts" (TV comedy sketch in Monty Python's Flying Circus episode 1)
    • RICKY: Don't you worry about my drinking, angel-drawers. I've drunk more beer than you ever saw.2000, Barbara Marchant, A Young Actor's Scene Book: A Training Tool, page 29

Forms of angel-drawers

pluralangel-drawers

Questions about angel-drawers

What does angel-drawers mean?
Angel-drawers means affectionate term of address.
What part of speech is angel-drawers?
Angel-drawers is a noun.
What is the plural of angel-drawers?
The plural of angel-drawers is angel-drawers.

Words near angel-drawers in the dictionary

  1. angel's tears
  2. angel's trumpet
  3. angel's trumpets
  4. angel's-food cake
  5. angel's-food cakes
  6. angel-drawers
  7. angel-fish
  8. angel-fishes
  9. angel-food cake
  10. angel-food cakes
  11. angel-like

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