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shoemaker's ends

shoemaker's ends is the plural of shoemaker's end.

Meaning of shoemaker's end

Noun

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

  1. A waxed thread ending in a bristle.

Questions about shoemaker's ends

What is shoemaker's ends the plural of?
Shoemaker's ends is the plural of shoemaker's end.

Words near shoemaker's ends in the dictionary

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

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