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moss-women

moss-women is the plural of moss-woman.

Meaning of moss-woman

Noun

moss-woman (plural moss-women)

  1. (Germanic) A female of the moss-folk.
    • A peasant one time hearing the usual baying and cheering in a wood, would join in the cry. Next morning he found hanging at his stable-door a quarter of a green Moss-woman as his share of the game.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 231

Questions about moss-women

What is moss-women the plural of?
Moss-women is the plural of moss-woman.

Words near moss-women in the dictionary

  1. moss-people
  2. moss-trooper
  3. moss-troopers
  4. moss-trooping
  5. moss-woman
  6. moss-women
  7. Mossad
  8. Mossadist
  9. Mossadists
  10. Mossadnik
  11. Mossadnikim

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