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ooser

ooser noun: a wooden horned mask used for folkloric and magical purposes. Possibly also the unknown creature upon which the mask was based.

ooser: a wooden horned mask used for folkloric and magical purposes. Possibly also the unknown creature...
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Noun

ooser (plural oosers)

  1. A wooden horned mask used for folkloric and magical purposes. Possibly also the unknown creature upon which the mask was based.
    • What have made you so down? Have you seen a ooser?1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, page 337

Forms of ooser

pluraloosers

Questions about ooser

What does ooser mean?
Ooser means a wooden horned mask used for folkloric and magical purposes. Possibly also the unknown creature upon which the mask was based.
What part of speech is ooser?
Ooser is a noun.
What is the plural of ooser?
The plural of ooser is oosers.

Words near ooser in the dictionary

  1. Ooryas
  2. oos
  3. OOSA
  4. oose
  5. oosed
  6. ooser
  7. oosers
  8. ooses
  9. OOSH
  10. OOSHes
  11. ooshy-gooshy

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