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how-d'ye-dos

how-d'ye-dos is the plural of how-d'ye-do.

Meaning of how-d'ye-do

Noun

how-d'ye-do (plural how-d'ye-dos)

  1. A troublesome state of affairs.
    • Her abrupt departure from the wedding ceremony was a fine how-d'ye-do.

Questions about how-d'ye-dos

What is how-d'ye-dos the plural of?
How-d'ye-dos is the plural of how-d'ye-do.

Words near how-d'ye-dos in the dictionary

  1. how's your fathers
  2. how's your hammer hanging
  3. how't
  4. how've
  5. how-d'ye-do
  6. how-d'ye-dos
  7. how-de-do
  8. how-de-dos
  9. how-do-you-do
  10. how-do-you-dos
  11. how-to

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