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home thrusts

home thrusts is the plural of home thrust.

Meaning of home thrust

Noun

home thrust (plural home thrusts)

  1. A well-directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part.
  2. (figuratively) A personal attack.
    • “I make it a point of honour not to lose a man for King George (God bless him!) and the gallows.”
      The rogues looked at each other but swallowed the home-thrust in silence.1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

Questions about home thrusts

What is home thrusts the plural of?
Home thrusts is the plural of home thrust.

Words near home thrusts in the dictionary

  1. home theater
  2. home theaters
  3. home theatre
  4. home theatres
  5. home thrust
  6. home thrusts
  7. home town
  8. home towns
  9. home training
  10. home truth
  11. home truths

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