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moon-sickle

moon-sickle is the alternative form of moonsickle.

Meaning of moonsickle

Noun

moonsickle (plural moonsickles)

  1. (poetic) A thin crescent of the moon.
    • It was a beautiful contrast to see her beside her mistress, like a glittering star in attendance upon the pale and almost vanishing moonsickle.1843, L[ydia] M[aria] Child, “Slavery’s Pleasant Homes. A Faithful Sketch.”, in [Maria Weston Chapman], editor, The Liberty Bell, Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Fair, →OCLC, page 148

Forms of moon-sickle

pluralmoon-sickles

Questions about moon-sickle

What is moon-sickle the alternative form of?
Moon-sickle is the alternative form of moonsickle.

Words near moon-sickle in the dictionary

  1. moon-sets
  2. moon-shine
  3. moon-shines
  4. moon-shot
  5. moon-shots
  6. moon-sickle
  7. moon-sickles
  8. moon-speak
  9. Moonachie
  10. moonack
  11. moonacks

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