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hoistaways

hoistaways is the plural of hoistaway.

Meaning of hoistaway

Noun

hoistaway (plural hoistaways)

  1. (US, archaic) A kind of mechanical lift (elevator).

Questions about hoistaways

What is hoistaways the plural of?
Hoistaways is the plural of hoistaway.

Words near hoistaways in the dictionary

  1. hoist on one's own petard
  2. hoist the white flag
  3. hoist with one's own petard
  4. hoistable
  5. hoistaway
  6. hoistaways
  7. hoisted
  8. hoisted by one's own petard
  9. hoisted on one's own petard
  10. hoisted with one's own petard
  11. hoister

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hoistaways (page history and authors); hoistaway (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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