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nidgeting

nidgeting noun: the visiting of neighbours' houses to summon the midwife and other women to a birth.

Noun

nidgeting (uncountable)

  1. (East-Anglia, UK, historical) The visiting of neighbours' houses to summon the midwife and other women to a birth.

Questions about nidgeting

What does nidgeting mean?
Nidgeting means the visiting of neighbours' houses to summon the midwife and other women to a birth.
What part of speech is nidgeting?
Nidgeting is a noun.

Words near nidgeting in the dictionary

  1. nides
  2. nidge
  3. nidged
  4. nidges
  5. nidget
  6. nidgeting
  7. nidgets
  8. nidging
  9. Nidhi
  10. Nidhogg
  11. nidi

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