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screw-offs

screw-offs is the plural of screw-off.

Meaning of screw-off

Noun

screw-off (plural screw-offs)

  1. (Canada, US, slang) Someone who often fails to do his or her work; someone known to goof off.
    • You know, when a guy is a screw-off you got to discipline him.1997, Robert W. Snyder, Transit talk: New York's bus and subway workers tell their stories, page 137

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Questions about screw-offs

What is screw-offs the plural of?
Screw-offs is the plural of screw-off.

Words near screw-offs in the dictionary

  1. screw you, I got mine
  2. screw yous
  3. screw, nut and bolt
  4. screw-in
  5. screw-off
  6. screw-offs
  7. screw-pile lighthouse
  8. screw-pile lighthouses
  9. screw-pod mesquite
  10. screw-pod mesquites
  11. screw-stone

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