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chaffwaxes

chaffwaxes is the plural of chaffwax.

Meaning of chaffwax

Noun

chaffwax (plural chaffwaxes)

  1. (UK, historical) A chancery officer who prepared and fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents. The job remained until the 19th century

Questions about chaffwaxes

What is chaffwaxes the plural of?
Chaffwaxes is the plural of chaffwax.

Words near chaffwaxes in the dictionary

  1. Chafford Hundred
  2. chaffron
  3. chaffrons
  4. chaffs
  5. chaffwax
  6. chaffwaxes
  7. chaffweed
  8. chaffweeds
  9. chaffy
  10. Chafin
  11. chafing

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