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hori hori

hori hori is the alternative form of hori-hori.

Meaning of hori-hori

Noun

hori-hori (plural hori-horis)

  1. A Japanese weeding knife
    • Detectorists may also carry headphones, a metal detecting shovel, hand tools such as a hori-hori (a serrated, steel hand shovel), a “finds pouch,” and a hand-held precision detector called a pinpointer.2021 May 31, Alexandra Marvar, “The New Detectorists”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of hori hori

pluralhori horis

Questions about hori hori

What is hori hori the alternative form of?
Hori hori is the alternative form of hori-hori.

Words near hori hori in the dictionary

  1. Horgești
  2. Horgi
  3. Horgis
  4. Horham
  5. hori
  6. hori hori
  7. hori-hori
  8. hori-horis
  9. Horia
  10. Horian
  11. horiatiki

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