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quists

quists is the plural of quist.

Meaning of quist

Noun

quist (plural quists)

  1. (Midlands, UK) The wood pigeon, Columba palumbus.
    • It got me thinking about other names we used to call things when we were younger that for some reason as I got older we stopped doing.¶ For example the common woody was a quist, and the sparrow that we so used to love hunting on the summer hedgerows, once the wheat had been cut, were "spugs or...2012 June 26, tegater [username], “Quists, spugs and egg and bacon”, in The Hunting Life Forums

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Questions about quists

What is quists the plural of?
Quists is the plural of quist.

Words near quists in the dictionary

  1. quisset
  2. quissets
  3. quist
  4. Quistclose trust
  5. Quistclose trusts
  6. quists
  7. quisultazine
  8. quisutsch
  9. quit
  10. quit buddies
  11. quit buddy

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