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kissing balls

kissing balls is the plural of kissing ball.

Meaning of kissing ball

Noun

kissing ball (plural kissing balls)

  1. A hanging ornament, often used as a Christmas decoration, made by arranging plant parts, especially sprigs of holly or mistletoe, and evergreen leaves, into a ball shape.
    • The Division Office employees and their families enjoyed a Christmas party at the Highway Patrol clubhouse […] Clara Moran and Jackie Russ were responsible for the decorations—a tree and "kissing ball" of mistletoe …1953 March–April, Sam M. Wilson, “Division Three”, in Margaret Burk, editor, North Carolina Roadways: A Magazine for Employees of the State Highway Commission, Raleigh, N.C.: Highway Information...

Questions about kissing balls

What is kissing balls the plural of?
Kissing balls is the plural of kissing ball.

Words near kissing balls in the dictionary

  1. kissing and making up
  2. kissing and telling
  3. kissing arse
  4. kissing ass
  5. kissing ball
  6. kissing balls
  7. kissing booth
  8. kissing booths
  9. kissing bridge
  10. kissing bug
  11. kissing bugs

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