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pains in the neck

pains in the neck is the plural of pain in the neck.

Meaning of pain in the neck

Noun

pain in the neck (plural pains in the neck)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) Someone or something which is annoying, irritating or inconvenient.
    • Got to know McTodd, found he wasn’t coming to the castle, and came down instead of him, same as me. Only he got there first, damn him! Wouldn’t that give you a pain in the neck!”1923, P. G. Wodehouse, Leave It to Psmith, London, page 188

Questions about pains in the neck

What is pains in the neck the plural of?
Pains in the neck is the plural of pain in the neck.

Words near pains in the neck in the dictionary

  1. pains in the backside
  2. pains in the bum
  3. pains in the butt
  4. pains in the dick
  5. pains in the keister
  6. pains in the neck
  7. pains in the rear
  8. pains-taking
  9. Painscastle
  10. painscore
  11. painscores

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