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block ornaments

block ornaments is the plural of block ornament.

Meaning of block ornament

Noun

block ornament (plural block ornaments)

  1. (Australia, UK, obsolete, slang) A small fragment of cheap meat offered for sale by a butcher, particularly one of poor quality.
    • I ought to add, that the “single fellows,” instead of living on “block ornaments” and the like, live, when doing well, on the best fare, at the “spiciest” cook-shops on their rounds, or in the neighbourhood of their residence.1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see block, ornament.
    • a presents the elevation, b the section to the block ornament to A, and c shows a vertical section of the block ornament to B[…]1833, Asher Benjamin, Practice of Architecture, →ISBN, page 92

Questions about block ornaments

What is block ornaments the plural of?
Block ornaments is the plural of block ornament.

Words near block ornaments in the dictionary

  1. block models
  2. block of chocolate
  3. block of flats
  4. block off
  5. block ornament
  6. block ornaments
  7. block out
  8. block parties
  9. block party
  10. block polymer
  11. block polymers

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