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green waxes

green waxes is the plural of green wax.

Meaning of green wax

Noun

green wax (plural green waxes)

  1. (historical, obsolete) An estreat from the Exchequer, delivered to a sheriff, sealed upon green wax, in 15th-century England.

Questions about green waxes

What is green waxes the plural of?
Green waxes is the plural of green wax.

Words near green waxes in the dictionary

  1. green water
  2. green wave
  3. green waves
  4. green wax
  5. green wax money
  6. green waxes
  7. green way
  8. green ways
  9. green weenie
  10. green welly brigade
  11. green whey

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