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caution to snakes

caution to snakes noun: something bizarre or astonishing.

Noun

caution to snakes (plural cautions to snakes)

  1. (archaic, slang) Something bizarre or astonishing.
    • I am crammed full of faults, I'm a mass of mistakes / So stupid, in fact, that you'd deem me half-witted; / But though in my way I'm a "caution to snakes," / I think I'm a party who ought to be pitied.1878, Fun, volumes 27-28, page 11

Forms of caution to snakes

pluralcautions to snakes

Questions about caution to snakes

What does caution to snakes mean?
Caution to snakes means something bizarre or astonishing.
What part of speech is caution to snakes?
Caution to snakes is a noun.
What is the plural of caution to snakes?
The plural of caution to snakes is cautions to snakes.

Words near caution to snakes in the dictionary

  1. cauting
  2. caution
  3. caution - slippery when wet
  4. caution fatigue
  5. caution money
  6. caution to snakes
  7. cautionable
  8. cautional
  9. cautionally
  10. cautionaries
  11. cautionary

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