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oblique dashes

oblique dashes is the plural of oblique dash.

Meaning of oblique dash

Noun

oblique dash (plural oblique dashes)

  1. Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
    • No punctuation has been inserted in the records of cases... The oblique dash in punctuation is freely used. Where it is used as a mere flourish in conjunction with other punctuation it has been ignored, where it terminates an entry the dash has been read as a full-stop, and where it occurs in the...1934, E.E. Rich, The Staple Court Books of Bristol, page vi
    Synonyms:
    slash

Questions about oblique dashes

What is oblique dashes the plural of?
Oblique dashes is the plural of oblique dash.

Words near oblique dashes in the dictionary

  1. oblique cord
  2. oblique cords
  3. oblique correction
  4. oblique corrections
  5. oblique dash
  6. oblique dashes
  7. oblique dendrite
  8. oblique dendrites
  9. oblique effect
  10. oblique fabric
  11. oblique fabrics

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