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blow-ins

blow-ins is the plural of blow-in.

Meaning of blow-in

Noun

blow-in (plural blow-ins)

  1. (Australia, Ireland) Someone who has only recently arrived in an area or community; a newcomer.
    • This had been her local when she worked in Central. All the waitresses knew her by name. Now she was a blow-in.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 389

Questions about blow-ins

What is blow-ins the plural of?
Blow-ins is the plural of blow-in.

Words near blow-ins in the dictionary

  1. blow-hard
  2. blow-hards
  3. blow-horn
  4. blow-horns
  5. blow-in
  6. blow-ins
  7. blow-jobber
  8. blow-jobbers
  9. blow-off
  10. blow-offs
  11. blow-organ

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