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ladles and jellyspoons

ladles and jellyspoons is the alternative form of ladies and gentlemen.

Meaning of ladies and gentlemen

Noun

ladies and gentlemen pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Used as a vocative to address an audience.
    • […] a Master of Ceremonies' words "Ladies and gentlemen" […] interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender.1996, “The Cambridge History of American Literature”, in Sacvan Bercovitch, editor, Poetry and criticism, 1940-1995, volume 8, page 408
  2. (euphemistic, plural, plural-only, rare) Public toilets: a ladies' room and a gentlemen's room.
    • There are quays there and lamps and some squares of grass; a ladies and gentlemen, and a cinema.1941, Joyce Cary, chapter XLIV, in Herself Surprised, page 108

Questions about ladles and jellyspoons

What is ladles and jellyspoons the alternative form of?
Ladles and jellyspoons is the alternative form of ladies and gentlemen.

Words near ladles and jellyspoons in the dictionary

  1. ladleman
  2. ladlemen
  3. ladler
  4. ladlers
  5. ladles
  6. ladles and jellyspoons
  7. ladlesful
  8. ladlike
  9. ladling
  10. ladlings
  11. ladlit

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