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shoemaker's end

shoemaker's end noun: a waxed thread ending in a bristle.

Noun

shoemaker's end (plural shoemaker's ends or shoemakers' ends)

  1. A waxed thread ending in a bristle.

Forms of shoemaker's end

pluralshoemaker's ends
pluralshoemakers' ends

Questions about shoemaker's end

What does shoemaker's end mean?
Shoemaker's end means a waxed thread ending in a bristle.
What part of speech is shoemaker's end?
Shoemaker's end is a noun.
What is the plural of shoemaker's end?
The plural of shoemaker's end is shoemaker's ends.

Words near shoemaker's end in the dictionary

  1. shoelessness
  2. shoelike
  3. Shoels
  4. Shoemake
  5. shoemaker
  6. shoemaker's end
  7. shoemaker's ends
  8. shoemaker, stick to your last
  9. Shoemaker-Levy
  10. shoemakers
  11. shoemakers' ends

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