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lockchesters

lockchesters is the plural of lockchester.

Meaning of lockchester

Noun

lockchester (plural lockchesters)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of woodlouse.
    • Of these, the last only will be found in a dictionary of modern English, but I have already remarked that the name of lockchester is preserved among the peasantry of Oxfordshire, and I may add, that the peasantry in the North of England still call a woodlouse a kitchen-ball, and that those of the...1857, Thomas Wright, On the History of the English Language, page 22
    Synonyms:
    woodlouse

Questions about lockchesters

What is lockchesters the plural of?
Lockchesters is the plural of lockchester.

Words near lockchesters in the dictionary

  1. lockboxes
  2. lockchamber
  3. lockchambers
  4. lockchest
  5. lockchester
  6. lockchesters
  7. lockchests
  8. lockdown
  9. lockdown browser
  10. lockdown browsers
  11. lockdowner

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