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chain hobble

chain hobble noun: hobble chain.

Noun

chain hobble (plural chain hobbles)

  1. hobble chain
    • Along this unequal way, where loafers sat on whittled benches, lounged in doorways, leaned against porch props, Dan Gustin went pegging in his high-heeled boots like a mule in a Mexican chain hobble, holding a straight course for the hotel, past the doors of temptation.1923, George Washington Ogden, “Chapter 2”, in The Baron of Diamond Tail

Forms of chain hobble

pluralchain hobbles

Questions about chain hobble

What does chain hobble mean?
Chain hobble means hobble chain.
What part of speech is chain hobble?
Chain hobble is a noun.
What is the plural of chain hobble?
The plural of chain hobble is chain hobbles.

Words near chain hobble in the dictionary

  1. chain growth polymerizations
  2. chain guard
  3. chain guards
  4. chain gun
  5. chain guns
  6. chain hobble
  7. chain hobbles
  8. chain latch
  9. chain latches
  10. chain letter
  11. chain letters

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