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petroholics

petroholics is the plural of petroholic.

Meaning of petroholic

Noun

petroholic (plural petroholics)

  1. (derogatory, informal) One who uses more petrol than necessary.
    • We're a nation of petroholics, lurching around the globe like a drunk with a hand grenade staggering through a nursery, yet the cure the President offers is more smart bombs and an energy program that's nothing more than drill, burn...1991, David Ross Brower, Work in progress

Questions about petroholics

What is petroholics the plural of?
Petroholics is the plural of petroholic.

Words near petroholics in the dictionary

  1. petrographies
  2. petrographs
  3. petrography
  4. petrogypsic
  5. petroholic
  6. petroholics
  7. Petrohué
  8. petrohyoid
  9. petrohyoids
  10. petroicid
  11. petroicids

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