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mystery-mongers

mystery-mongers is the plural of mystery-monger.

Meaning of mystery-monger

Noun

mystery-monger (plural mystery-mongers)

  1. A person who deliberately or habitually mystifies others.
    • I like none of these mystery-mongers, but the amateur least of all. With the paid performer you may pounce upon him and expose him the instant that you have seen through his trick.1894, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter I, in The Parasite

Questions about mystery-mongers

What is mystery-mongers the plural of?
Mystery-mongers is the plural of mystery-monger.

Words near mystery-mongers in the dictionary

  1. mystery tours
  2. mystery watch
  3. mystery watches
  4. mystery-monger
  5. mystery-mongering
  6. mystery-mongers
  7. mysteryless
  8. mystes
  9. mystic
  10. Mystic Park
  11. mystical

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