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silver tongues

silver tongues is the plural of silver tongue.

Meaning of silver tongue

Noun

silver tongue (plural silver tongues)

  1. (idiomatic) The trait of being articulate and clever at speaking, often in a deceitful way.
    • [H]e passed into the saloon, where Nina presided; and here his fair person and silver tongue […1835, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], “The Festival”, in Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes. […], volume II, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, book IV (The Triumph and the Pomp), pages 189–190
  2. (US) The song sparrow (Melospiza melodia).

Questions about silver tongues

What is silver tongues the plural of?
Silver tongues is the plural of silver tongue.

Words near silver tongues in the dictionary

  1. silver thatches
  2. silver thaw
  3. silver thaws
  4. silver thistle
  5. silver tongue
  6. silver tongues
  7. silver top
  8. silver tops
  9. silver train
  10. silver trains
  11. silver tree

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