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cantings

cantings is the plural of canting.

Meaning of canting

Adjective

canting (comparative more canting, superlative most canting)

  1. That cants or preaches in a false manner.
    • "You damned, canting, hypocritical box-of-tricks. I'll be even with you yet." The heavy door slammed behind him.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

Questions about cantings

What is cantings the plural of?
Cantings is the plural of canting.

Words near cantings in the dictionary

  1. cantiness
  2. canting
  3. canting arms
  4. cantingly
  5. cantingness
  6. cantings
  7. cantinière
  8. cantinières
  9. Cantins
  10. cantion
  11. cantions

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