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pester power

pester power noun: children's ability to make their parents buy something or do something for them by continually asking until the parents agree to do it.

Noun

pester power (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Children's ability to make their parents buy something or do something for them by continually asking until the parents agree to do it.

Questions about pester power

What does pester power mean?
Pester power means children's ability to make their parents buy something or do something for them by continually asking until the parents agree to do it.
What part of speech is pester power?
Pester power is a noun.

Words near pester power in the dictionary

  1. Pestanas
  2. Pestas
  3. pestemal
  4. pestemals
  5. pester
  6. pester power
  7. pesterable
  8. pestered
  9. pesterer
  10. pesterers
  11. pesterest

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