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mackerel snappers

mackerel snappers is the plural of mackerel snapper.

Meaning of mackerel snapper

Noun

mackerel snapper (plural mackerel snappers)

  1. (dated, derogatory, slang) A Roman Catholic.

Questions about mackerel snappers

What is mackerel snappers the plural of?
Mackerel snappers is the plural of mackerel snapper.

Words near mackerel snappers in the dictionary

  1. mackerel skies
  2. mackerel sky
  3. mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails
  4. mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails
  5. mackerel snapper
  6. mackerel snappers
  7. mackereler
  8. mackerelers
  9. mackereling
  10. mackerelled
  11. mackerelling

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