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Bartlebys

Bartlebys is the plural of Bartleby.

Meaning of Bartleby

Noun

Bartleby (plural Bartlebys)

  1. A person, usually a man, who chooes not to participate in many activities because he would prefer not to.
    • One suspects that the Bartleby of 1890 would have been encouraged to blow off some steam by splurging at one of the new department stores up Broadway.2004, Andrew Lyndon Knighton, Idle Threats: The Limits of Productivity in 19th-century America, University of Minnesota, page 21

Questions about Bartlebys

What is Bartlebys the plural of?
Bartlebys is the plural of Bartleby.

Words near Bartlebys in the dictionary

  1. Bartkuses
  2. Bartle
  3. Bartlebaugh
  4. Bartlebaughs
  5. Bartleby
  6. Bartlebys
  7. Bartlemy
  8. Bartlemy babies
  9. Bartlemy baby
  10. Bartles
  11. Bartleses

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