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dressings-down

dressings-down is the plural of dressing-down.

Meaning of dressing-down

Noun

dressing-down (plural dressing-downs or dressings-down)

  1. (idiomatic) A reprimand or rarely, a thrashing.
    • "I'll give him a dressing down, see if I don't." Mrs. Mudge's eyes snapped viciously, and she clutched the relics of the broom with a degree of energy which rendered it uncertain what sort of a dressing down she intended for her husband.1865, Horatio Alger, Jr., Paul Prescott's Charge

Questions about dressings-down

What is dressings-down the plural of?
Dressings-down is the plural of dressing-down.

Words near dressings-down in the dictionary

  1. dressing-tables
  2. dressing-up
  3. dressingroom
  4. dressingrooms
  5. dressings
  6. dressings-down
  7. dressish
  8. Dresslar
  9. Dresslars
  10. Dressler
  11. Dressler syndrome

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