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selling bargains

selling bargains is the present participle and gerund of sell bargains.

Meaning of sell bargains

Verb

sell bargains (third-person singular simple present sells bargains, present participle selling bargains, simple past and past participle sold bargains)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To make saucy (usually indiscreet) comments; to come onto.
    • Where sold he Bargains, Whip-stitch, kiss my Arse, / Promis'd a Play and dwindled to a Farce?1709, J[ohn] Dryden, J[ohn] Oldham, “(please specify the page)”, in Mac Flecknoe: A Poem. […] With Spencer’s Ghost: Being a Satyr Concerning Poetry. […], London: […] H[enry] Hills, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    sell someone a bargain

Questions about selling bargains

What is selling bargains the present participle and gerund of?
Selling bargains is the present participle and gerund of sell bargains.

Words near selling bargains in the dictionary

  1. selligueain A
  2. Sellindge
  3. selling
  4. selling against the box
  5. selling away
  6. selling bargains
  7. selling by the candle
  8. selling coal to Newcastle
  9. selling coals to Newcastle
  10. selling dearly
  11. selling down

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