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false borrowings

false borrowings is the plural of false borrowing.

Meaning of false borrowing

Noun

false borrowing (countable and uncountable, plural false borrowings)

  1. A pseudo-loan.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see false, borrowing.

Questions about false borrowings

What is false borrowings the plural of?
False borrowings is the plural of false borrowing.

Words near false borrowings in the dictionary

  1. false bananas
  2. False Bay
  3. false blue indigo
  4. false blue indigos
  5. false borrowing
  6. false borrowings
  7. false bottom
  8. false bottoms
  9. false buttonweed
  10. false cause
  11. false ceiling

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