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putters-on

putters-on is the plural of putter-on.

Meaning of putter-on

Noun

putter-on (plural putters-on)

  1. (obsolete) An instigator.
    • You are abused, and by some putter-onc. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. Someone who puts something on
    • I'm a server of food and a putter-on of pants2022, Albert Glinsky, Switched on: Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution

Questions about putters-on

What is putters-on the plural of?
Putters-on is the plural of putter-on.

Words near putters-on in the dictionary

  1. putterings
  2. putters
  3. putters about
  4. putters around
  5. putters up
  6. putters-on
  7. puttest
  8. putteth
  9. Puttgarden
  10. putti
  11. puttie

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