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scare-babes

scare-babes is the plural of scare-babe.

Meaning of scare-babe

Noun

scare-babe (plural scare-babes)

  1. (archaic) Something that inspires fear but presents no real danger.
    • Let the wicked flatter themselves that all is but talk of any coming to judgment ; non aliud videre patres, aliudve nepotes aspicient; all is but terriculamenta nutricum, mere scare-babes.1862, Thomas Adams, The works: Being the sum of his sermons, meditations, and other divine and moral discourses, page 7

Questions about scare-babes

What is scare-babes the plural of?
Scare-babes is the plural of scare-babe.

Words near scare-babes in the dictionary

  1. scare the living daylights out of
  2. scare the pants off
  3. scare the shit out of
  4. scare up
  5. scare-babe
  6. scare-babes
  7. scare-beggar
  8. scare-beggars
  9. scare-bug
  10. scare-bugs
  11. scare-crow

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