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Punch and Judies

Punch and Judies is the plural of Punch and Judy.

Meaning of Punch and Judy

Noun

Punch and Judy (plural Punch and Judies)

  1. A traditional sideshow often found at seaside resorts, consisting of various glove puppets operated by one person in a small tent-style booth theatre.
  2. (attributive) A two-sided ideological battle, or contradictory arguing.
    • Like all binary debates, while it's certainly true that questions about public service broadcasting and the role of the BBC have risen up the agenda recently, it is easy, even from the offices of the BBC in White City, to get stuck in a Punch and Judy discourse.2008 July 21, Mark Thompson., “How much money does the BBC need?”, in The Guardian

Questions about Punch and Judies

What is Punch and Judies the plural of?
Punch and Judies is the plural of Punch and Judy.

Words near Punch and Judies in the dictionary

  1. puncepts
  2. punces
  3. punch
  4. punch above
  5. punch above one's weight
  6. Punch and Judies
  7. Punch and Judy
  8. punch bag
  9. punch bags
  10. punch below one's weight
  11. punch block

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