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clawings

clawings is the plural of clawing.

Meaning of clawing

Noun

clawing (plural clawings)

  1. A scratch with the claws.
    • […] they are nevertheless always like the lion's keeper, who, when by long patience, a thousand feedings, and a thousand clawings, he hath made a fierce lion familiar, yet never gives him meat, but with pulling back his hand, always in fear […]1750, The Universal Magazine, volume 7, page 52

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Questions about clawings

What is clawings the plural of?
Clawings is the plural of clawing.

Words near clawings in the dictionary

  1. clawing
  2. clawing away
  3. clawing back
  4. clawing off
  5. clawingly
  6. clawings
  7. clawless
  8. clawlessness
  9. clawlike
  10. clawmark
  11. clawmarks

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