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dumb quotes

dumb quotes noun: straight quotes.

Noun

dumb quotes pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) straight quotes

Origin of dumb quotes

In contrast to smart quotes.

Questions about dumb quotes

What does dumb quotes mean?
Dumb quotes means straight quotes.
What part of speech is dumb quotes?
Dumb quotes is a noun.

Words near dumb quotes in the dictionary

  1. dumb phones
  2. dumb piano
  3. dumb pianos
  4. dumb pipe
  5. dumb pipes
  6. dumb quotes
  7. dumb shark
  8. dumb shit
  9. dumb shits
  10. dumb show
  11. dumb shows

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