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bonnetings

bonnetings is the plural of bonneting.

Meaning of bonneting

Noun

bonneting (countable and uncountable, plural bonnetings)

  1. The act of a person being bonneted, i.e. having their cap pulled down over their head.
    • It is quite true that the yells and shrieks, the bonnetings and ticklings, the hat throwing and fighting, give way for the instant to an intense desire to behold the sight, and the immense concourse was momentarily hushed in the depth of its excitement […]1998, Victorian Periodicals Review, volume 31, page 290

Questions about bonnetings

What is bonnetings the plural of?
Bonnetings is the plural of bonneting.

Words near bonnetings in the dictionary

  1. bonnethead
  2. bonnetheads
  3. bonnetiaceous
  4. bonnetier
  5. bonneting
  6. bonnetings
  7. bonnetless
  8. bonnetlike
  9. bonnetmouth
  10. bonnetmouths
  11. bonnets

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