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Bay fevers

Bay fevers is the plural of Bay fever.

Meaning of Bay fever

Noun

Bay fever (plural Bay fevers)

  1. (Australia, derogatory, obsolete, slang) Any illness feigned by convicts to avoid being sent to Botany Bay.

Questions about Bay fevers

What is Bay fevers the plural of?
Bay fevers is the plural of Bay fever.

Words near Bay fevers in the dictionary

  1. Bay City
  2. Bay County
  3. Bay de Verde
  4. bay duiker
  5. Bay fever
  6. Bay fevers
  7. Bay Head
  8. Bay Horse
  9. Bay Islands
  10. Bay L'Argent
  11. bay laurel

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