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gadroons

gadroons is the plural of gadroon.

Meaning of gadroon

Noun

gadroon (plural gadroons)

  1. Any of a series of raised decorative curves used as adornments on the necks of vases, silverware, etc.
    • Owing possibly to some flaw in his mental make-up, Uncle Tom has been collecting old silver since I was so high […]. I knew all about that collection of his, not only because I had had to listen to him for hours on the subject of sconces, foliation, ribbon wreaths in high relief and gadroon...1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter V
  2. A godroon.

Questions about gadroons

What is gadroons the plural of?
Gadroons is the plural of gadroon.

Words near gadroons in the dictionary

  1. gadoxetic acid
  2. gadroon
  3. gadrooned
  4. gadrooning
  5. gadroonings
  6. gadroons
  7. gads
  8. Gadsbodikins
  9. gadsbud
  10. Gadsby
  11. Gadsbys

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