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lychway

lychway is the alternative form of lichway.

Meaning of lichway

Noun

lichway (plural lichways)

  1. (UK, dialectal) The path by which the dead are carried to the grave.

Forms of lychway

plurallychways

Questions about lychway

What is lychway the alternative form of?
Lychway is the alternative form of lichway.

Words near lychway in the dictionary

  1. lychnoscopes
  2. lychnoscopic
  3. Lychpit
  4. Lychrel number
  5. Lychrel numbers
  6. lychway
  7. lychways
  8. Lycia
  9. Lycian
  10. Lycians
  11. lycid

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