pearl-clutchers
pearl-clutchers is the plural of pearl-clutcher.
Meaning of pearl-clutcher
Noun
pearl-clutcher (plural pearl-clutchers)
- A prim, prudish, or easily offended person.
- It’s a dynamic that goes back to the rude, rule-breaking Groucho Marx—destroyer of élites!—and Margaret Dumont, pop culture’s primal pearl-clutcher.2017 January 16, Emily Nussbaum, “How Jokes Won the 2016 Election”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2018, retrieved 24 Aug 2021
Questions about pearl-clutchers
- What is pearl-clutchers the plural of?
- Pearl-clutchers is the plural of pearl-clutcher.
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