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guess warps

guess warps is the plural of guess warp.

Meaning of guess warp

Noun

guess warp (plural guess warps)

  1. (dated) A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or moored.
    • My foot touched land for the first time for ninety days when I leaped from the rail onto the dolphin at the Dock gates, slipped the end of our guess-warp over the bollard, and sang out to them inboard to take in the slack.1912, Kyrle Bellew, Short Stories, How I Got on the Stage

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What is guess warps the plural of?
Guess warps is the plural of guess warp.

Words near guess warps in the dictionary

  1. Guesdists
  2. guess
  3. guess cake
  4. guess the verb
  5. guess warp
  6. guess warps
  7. guess what
  8. guess-work
  9. guessability
  10. guessable
  11. guessably

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