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sleekings

sleekings is the plural of sleeking.

Meaning of sleeking

Noun

sleeking (plural sleekings)

  1. A process of making smooth or glossy.
    • Wherefore are all your sleekings, and your curlings,
      Crispings, and paintings, and your skin made soft,
      And your face smooth with ointments […]1631, Shackerley Marmion, Holland's Leaguer

Questions about sleekings

What is sleekings the plural of?
Sleekings is the plural of sleeking.

Words near sleekings in the dictionary

  1. sleekers
  2. sleekest
  3. sleekier
  4. sleekiest
  5. sleeking
  6. sleekings
  7. sleekish
  8. sleekit
  9. sleekly
  10. sleekness
  11. sleeknesses

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