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green 'un

green 'un noun: a newspaper supplement or edition concerning sport, especially football, printed on green newsprint.

Noun

green 'un (plural green 'uns)

  1. (UK, slang) A newspaper supplement or edition concerning sport, especially football, printed on green newsprint.

Forms of green 'un

pluralgreen 'uns

Questions about green 'un

What does green 'un mean?
Green 'un means a newspaper supplement or edition concerning sport, especially football, printed on green newsprint.
What part of speech is green 'un?
Green 'un is a noun.
What is the plural of green 'un?
The plural of green 'un is green 'uns.

Words near green 'un in the dictionary

  1. Greeleys
  2. Greeleytown
  3. Greely
  4. Greelys
  5. green
  6. green 'un
  7. green 'uns
  8. green about the gills
  9. green accounting
  10. green acre
  11. green acres

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