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slender reeds

slender reeds is the plural of slender reed.

Meaning of slender reed

Noun

slender reed (plural slender reeds)

  1. (idiomatic) A person, fact, or resource on which one can rely only to a limited extent.
    • "It was perfectly natural for you to think that a lad of eighteen was a slender reed to lean on in the time of trouble and danger."1888, G. A. Henty, chapter 12, in In The Reign Of Terror

Questions about slender reeds

What is slender reeds the plural of?
Slender reeds is the plural of slender reed.

Words near slender reeds in the dictionary

  1. Slender Man
  2. slender moa
  3. slender moas
  4. slender poison
  5. slender reed
  6. slender reeds
  7. slender sea lettuce
  8. slender sea lettuces
  9. slender seahorse
  10. slender seahorses
  11. slender sedge

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