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sixaines

sixaines is the plural of sixaine.

Meaning of sixaine

Noun

sixaine (plural sixaines)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of sextain.
    • The lady seems to have made the first advances and Bin Abú Hájilah quotes a sixaine in which she amorously addresses her spouse.1888, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
    Synonyms:
    sextain

Questions about sixaines

What is sixaines the plural of?
Sixaines is the plural of sixaine.

Words near sixaines in the dictionary

  1. six-yard area
  2. six-yard box
  3. six-yard boxes
  4. sixain
  5. sixaine
  6. sixaines
  7. sixains
  8. sixangular
  9. sixareen
  10. sixareens
  11. sixe

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