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pedgills

pedgills is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pedgill.

Meaning of pedgill

Verb

pedgill (third-person singular simple present pedgills, present participle pedgilling, simple past and past participle pedgilled)

  1. (Midlands, UK, rare) To work hard and painstakingly (at something); to plod or persevere.
    • But at drawing, his hand swung naturally in big, bold lines, rather lax, so that it was cruel for him to pedgill away at the lace designing, working from the tiny squares of paper, counting and plotting and niggling.1915, DH Lawrence, The Rainbow, Vintage, published 2011, page 11

Questions about pedgills

What is pedgills the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pedgills is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pedgill.

Words near pedgills in the dictionary

  1. pedetid
  2. pedetids
  3. pedgill
  4. pedgilled
  5. pedgilling
  6. pedgills
  7. pedha
  8. pedhas
  9. pedi
  10. pedi-
  11. pedia

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