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heads and thraws

heads and thraws adverb: lying beside each other, the head of the one by the feet of the other.

Adverb

heads and thraws (not comparable)

  1. (Scotland) Lying beside each other, the head of the one by the feet of the other.

Questions about heads and thraws

What does heads and thraws mean?
Heads and thraws means lying beside each other, the head of the one by the feet of the other.
What part of speech is heads and thraws?
Heads and thraws is an adverb.

Words near heads and thraws in the dictionary

  1. headropes
  2. headrush
  3. headrushes
  4. headrushing
  5. heads
  6. heads and thraws
  7. heads down
  8. heads down, thumbs up
  9. heads for the hills
  10. heads I win, tails you lose
  11. heads in the clouds

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