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kill-courtesies

kill-courtesies is the plural of kill-courtesy.

Meaning of kill-courtesy

Noun

kill-courtesy (plural kill-courtesies)

  1. (obsolete) A rude person,
    • Pretty soul! she durst not lie / Near this lack-love, this kill-courtesy.c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 2, scene 2, lines 76–77

Questions about kill-courtesies

What is kill-courtesies the plural of?
Kill-courtesies is the plural of kill-courtesy.

Words near kill-courtesies in the dictionary

  1. kill zones
  2. kill'd
  3. kill-buck
  4. kill-bucks
  5. kill-calf
  6. kill-courtesies
  7. kill-courtesy
  8. kill-cow
  9. kill-cows
  10. kill-death ratio
  11. kill-death ratios

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