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cautions to snakes

cautions to snakes is the plural of caution to snakes.

Meaning of caution to snakes

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

Questions about cautions to snakes

What is cautions to snakes the plural of?
Cautions to snakes is the plural of caution to snakes.

Words near cautions to snakes in the dictionary

  1. cautionings
  2. cautionist
  3. cautionries
  4. cautionry
  5. cautions
  6. cautions to snakes
  7. cautious
  8. cautiouser
  9. cautiously
  10. cautiousness
  11. cautiousnesses

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