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selling snow to Eskimos

selling snow to Eskimos is the present participle and gerund of sell snow to Eskimos.

Meaning of sell snow to Eskimos

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of sell ice to Eskimos.

Questions about selling snow to Eskimos

What is selling snow to Eskimos the present participle and gerund of?
Selling snow to Eskimos is the present participle and gerund of sell snow to Eskimos.

Words near selling snow to Eskimos in the dictionary

  1. selling points
  2. selling price
  3. selling prices
  4. selling salt to a slug
  5. selling short
  6. selling snow to Eskimos
  7. selling someone a bill of goods
  8. selling the dummy
  9. selling the family silver
  10. selling the pass
  11. selling up

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