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kowtowings

kowtowings is the plural of kowtowing.

Meaning of kowtowing

Noun

kowtowing (plural kowtowings)

  1. The act of one who kowtows; a submissive bow.
    • Yoritomo met their smiles and kowtowings and noisy insuckings of breath with an austere dignity that I took pains to imitate.1910, Robert Ames Bennet, The Shogun's Daughter

Questions about kowtowings

What is kowtowings the plural of?
Kowtowings is the plural of kowtowing.

Words near kowtowings in the dictionary

  1. kowtow
  2. kowtowed
  3. kowtower
  4. kowtowers
  5. kowtowing
  6. kowtowings
  7. kowtows
  8. Kowtun
  9. Koxinga
  10. Koxlax
  11. Koxtag

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