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embuggerances

embuggerances is the plural of embuggerance.

Meaning of embuggerance

Noun

embuggerance (plural embuggerances)

  1. (UK, slang) Any obstacle (natural or artificial) that gets in the way of progress.
    • It didn’t matter for them, the course was just a three-week embuggerance and then they’d go home for tea and medals.
      …
      We were sleeping with most of our kit on anyway, but it was a major embuggerance to have to pull on your boots, flak jacket and helmet and leg it down to the slit trenches.1993, Andy McNab, Bravo Two Zero, from, published 2008, →ISBN, pages 27 and 80

Questions about embuggerances

What is embuggerances the plural of?
Embuggerances is the plural of embuggerance.

Words near embuggerances in the dictionary

  1. embue
  2. embued
  3. embues
  4. embugger
  5. embuggerance
  6. embuggerances
  7. embuggered
  8. embuggering
  9. embuggers
  10. embuia
  11. embuias

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