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spaewives

spaewives is the plural of spaewife.

Meaning of spaewife

Noun

spaewife (plural spaewives)

  1. female fortuneteller
    • She was easier of approach than the spaewife, who sat on a creepie and stared at the smouldering peats till her eyes were red and unseeing;1926, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes, part 2

Questions about spaewives

What is spaewives the plural of?
Spaewives is the plural of spaewife.

Words near spaewives in the dictionary

  1. Spaeth
  2. Spaeths
  3. spaetzle
  4. spaetzles
  5. spaewife
  6. spaewives
  7. spaewoman
  8. spaewomen
  9. spaff
  10. spaffed
  11. spaffing

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