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how's your fathers

how's your fathers is the plural of how's your father.

Meaning of how's your father

Noun

how's your father (countable and uncountable, plural how's your fathers)

  1. (UK, countable, slang) A whatsit; a thing which the speaker is unable or unwilling to specify more precisely.
    • And meanwhile at the station, there's a couple of likely lads
      Who swear like how's your father, and they're very cool for cats.1979, “Cool for Cats”, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook (music), performed by Squeeze
    Synonyms:
    Sorted by number of Google hits, widget, hickey, gizmo, thingy, gimmick, thingie, jigger, gismo, gubbins
  2. (UK, euphemistic, slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
    • I popped round Mary's for a bit of how's your father.

Questions about how's your fathers

What is how's your fathers the plural of?
How's your fathers is the plural of how's your father.

Words near how's your fathers in the dictionary

  1. how's the weather up there
  2. how's them apples
  3. how's things
  4. how's tricks
  5. how's your father
  6. how's your fathers
  7. how's your hammer hanging
  8. how't
  9. how've
  10. how-d'ye-do
  11. how-d'ye-dos

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