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moonsickles

moonsickles is the plural 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 moonsickles

alternative formmoon sickles
alternative formmoon-sickles

Questions about moonsickles

What is moonsickles the plural of?
Moonsickles is the plural of moonsickle.

Words near moonsickles in the dictionary

  1. moonshis
  2. moonshot
  3. moonshots
  4. moonsick
  5. moonsickle
  6. moonsickles
  7. moonsickness
  8. moonside
  9. moonsif
  10. moonsiff
  11. moonsiffs

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