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postilion sentences

postilion sentences is the plural of postilion sentence.

Meaning of postilion sentence

Noun

postilion sentence (plural postilion sentences)

  1. A phrase that is linguistically correct, but of no realistically practical use.
    • As good as the peccadillo sentence is, it is not on a par with the postilion sentence. Nothing is. That sentence is cast in golden moonshine and should never be disturbed.1990, Jack Matthews, Memoirs of a Bookman, Ohio University Press, page 115

Questions about postilion sentences

What is postilion sentences the plural of?
Postilion sentences is the plural of postilion sentence.

Words near postilion sentences in the dictionary

  1. postiler
  2. postilers
  3. postiling
  4. postilion
  5. postilion sentence
  6. postilion sentences
  7. postilioned
  8. postilions
  9. postilla
  10. postillas
  11. postillate

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