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shoemakers' ends

shoemakers' 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 shoemakers' ends

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

Words near shoemakers' ends in the dictionary

  1. shoemaker's end
  2. shoemaker's ends
  3. shoemaker, stick to your last
  4. Shoemaker-Levy
  5. shoemakers
  6. shoemakers' ends
  7. Shoemakes
  8. shoemaking
  9. Shoeman
  10. Shoemann
  11. Shoemark

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