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hanky-twisted

hanky-twisted is the simple past and past participle of hanky-twist.

Meaning of hanky-twist

Verb

hanky-twist (third-person singular simple present hanky-twists, present participle hanky-twisting, simple past and past participle hanky-twisted)

  1. To fret; to worry ineffectually.
    • There must in other fields be analogous forms of the brow-knitting and hanky-twisting which have accompanied the more narcissistic aspects of the 'literary turn' in anthropology (of which Writing Culture is least typical) and cognate fields.1993, Stephen L. Nugent, Amazonian Caboclo Society: An Essay on Invisibility and Peasant Economy

Questions about hanky-twisted

What is hanky-twisted the simple past and past participle of?
Hanky-twisted is the simple past and past participle of hanky-twist.

Words near hanky-twisted in the dictionary

  1. hanky-pankies
  2. hanky-panking
  3. hanky-panks
  4. hanky-panky
  5. hanky-twist
  6. hanky-twisted
  7. hanky-twisting
  8. hanky-twists
  9. Hanley
  10. Hanley Castle
  11. Hanley Hills

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