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fothers

fothers is the plural of fother.

Meaning of fother

Noun

fother (countable and uncountable, plural fothers)

  1. (historical) A load, a wagonload, especially any various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.
    • Four fother of clod lime, and fifteen fothers of good manure, on each acre.1774-75, Act 14 Geo. III in Brand, Newcastle (1789) I, page 652

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Questions about fothers

What is fothers the plural of?
Fothers is the plural of fother.

Words near fothers in the dictionary

  1. Fotheringham
  2. Fotheringhams
  3. Fotheringhay
  4. fothermucker
  5. fothermuckers
  6. fothers
  7. Foths
  8. Foti
  9. fotiaoqiang
  10. Fotini
  11. Fotis

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