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chinless wonders

chinless wonders is the plural of chinless wonder.

Meaning of chinless wonder

Noun

chinless wonder (plural chinless wonders)

  1. (UK, derogatory, slang) An ineffectual upper-class man, typically dim-witted and of a weak or indecisive character, frequently one who gained his position through nepotism or social connections.
    • This was probably the most insufferable social event of a very dull season. The bride blushingly gave her age as forty-two, but the old battle-axe could have been an eye-witness to the San Francisco Fire. At long last, little Dagmar's folks have got her married off to Morty, the chinless wonder. He...1948, Saturday Review of Literature, volume 31, page 18

Questions about chinless wonders

What is chinless wonders the plural of?
Chinless wonders is the plural of chinless wonder.

Words near chinless wonders in the dictionary

  1. Chinle
  2. Chinle Creek
  3. Chinle Wash
  4. chinless
  5. chinless wonder
  6. chinless wonders
  7. chinlessness
  8. Chinley
  9. Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside
  10. chinlike
  11. chinlock

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