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brush-downs

brush-downs is the plural of brush-down.

Meaning of brush-down

Noun

brush-down (plural brush-downs)

  1. The act of brushing down (a person, animal or object).
    • Give me a brush-down, would you? Have I got any twigs in my hair? Are you sure? Then good-bye, my love, good-bye!'1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Two, Chapter 3

Questions about brush-downs

What is brush-downs the plural of?
Brush-downs is the plural of brush-down.

Words near brush-downs in the dictionary

  1. brush wheel
  2. brush wheels
  3. brush wolf
  4. brush wolves
  5. brush-down
  6. brush-downs
  7. brush-fire
  8. brush-fires
  9. brush-footed butterflies
  10. brush-footed butterfly
  11. brush-furred mice

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