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sells wolf tickets

sells wolf tickets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sell wolf tickets.

Meaning of sell wolf tickets

Verb

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

  1. (African-American Vernacular) To make threats or boasts, especially if empty and/or if made to intimidate someone.
    • It's plenty people selling wolf tickets, you know.1974, Vernon E. Smith, The Jones Men, page 165, quoted in The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang (2008)

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What is sells wolf tickets the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sells wolf tickets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sell wolf tickets.

Words near sells wolf tickets in the dictionary

  1. sells someone a bill of goods
  2. sells the dummy
  3. sells the family silver
  4. sells the pass
  5. sells up
  6. sells wolf tickets
  7. sellsword
  8. sellswords
  9. sellthrough
  10. sellup
  11. sellups

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