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Eatanswill

Eatanswill noun: the area where a disorderly, argumentative and riotous election takes place.

Noun

Eatanswill (plural Eatanswills)

  1. The area where a disorderly, argumentative and riotous election takes place.

Forms of Eatanswill

pluralEatanswills

Origin of Eatanswill

Name of the fictitious setting of riotous parliamentary elections in Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers. Derived from eat and swill; see swill (“to drink”).

Questions about Eatanswill

What does Eatanswill mean?
Eatanswill means the area where a disorderly, argumentative and riotous election takes place.
What part of speech is Eatanswill?
Eatanswill is a noun.
What is the plural of Eatanswill?
The plural of Eatanswill is Eatanswills.

Words near Eatanswill in the dictionary

  1. eatable
  2. eatableness
  3. eatables
  4. eatage
  5. eatages
  6. Eatanswill
  7. Eatanswills
  8. eatathon
  9. eatathons
  10. eatche
  11. eatches

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