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lashup

lashup is the alternative spelling of lash-up.

Meaning of lash-up

Noun

lash-up (plural lash-ups)

  1. (informal) A crude improvisation or bodged effort.
    • The home-made raft was a lash-up, but it floated.

Forms of lashup

plurallashups

Origin of lashup

Deverbal from lash up.

Questions about lashup

What is lashup the alternative spelling of?
Lashup is the alternative spelling of lash-up.

Words near lashup in the dictionary

  1. lasht
  2. lashtail
  3. lashtails
  4. Lashua
  5. Lashuas
  6. lashup
  7. lashups
  8. Lashway
  9. Lashways
  10. lashwise
  11. lashy

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