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nunnywatch

nunnywatch noun: a fuss; a mess.

Noun

nunnywatch (plural nunnywatches)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, rare) A fuss; a mess.
    • What a nunnywatch we were in, to be sure, when we heard they weren’t married.1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, page 126

Forms of nunnywatch

pluralnunnywatches

Questions about nunnywatch

What does nunnywatch mean?
Nunnywatch means a fuss; a mess.
What part of speech is nunnywatch?
Nunnywatch is a noun.
What is the plural of nunnywatch?
The plural of nunnywatch is nunnywatches.

Words near nunnywatch in the dictionary

  1. nunny
  2. nunny bag
  3. nunny bags
  4. nunny-bag
  5. Nunnykirk
  6. nunnywatch
  7. nunries
  8. nunry
  9. nuns
  10. Nuns of the Visitation
  11. Nuns' Island

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