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forebitters

forebitters is the plural of forebitter.

Meaning of forebitter

Noun

forebitter (plural forebitters)

  1. A song sung by sailors during leisure time.
    • "The Dreadnaught," a forebitter (nonworking song), mid-nineteenth century1985, Tristan Jones, Outward Leg, New York, NY: Hearst Marine Books, →ISBN, page 120

Questions about forebitters

What is forebitters the plural of?
Forebitters is the plural of forebitter.

Words near forebitters in the dictionary

  1. forebirths
  2. forebite
  3. forebitt
  4. forebitten
  5. forebitter
  6. forebitters
  7. forebitts
  8. forebode
  9. foreboded
  10. forebodement
  11. forebodements

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