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bead-rattlers

bead-rattlers is the plural of bead-rattler.

Meaning of bead-rattler

Noun

bead-rattler (plural bead-rattlers)

  1. (derogatory) A Roman Catholic.
    • And can't you smell that bacon? To think that a poor bead-rattler like me can't have any, on a Friday, no matter how early he's up, and that you might have all you wanted, if you'd only take the trouble to come and get it, you lazy heretics!1951, Frances Parkinson Keyes, Joy Street, page 236

Questions about bead-rattlers

What is bead-rattlers the plural of?
Bead-rattlers is the plural of bead-rattler.

Words near bead-rattlers in the dictionary

  1. bead tracer
  2. bead tracers
  3. bead tree
  4. bead trees
  5. bead-rattler
  6. bead-rattlers
  7. bead-tree
  8. bead-trees
  9. Beadala
  10. beadbeater
  11. beadbeaters

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