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sparables

sparables is the plural of sparable.

Meaning of sparable

Noun

sparable (plural sparables)

  1. A small headless nail used in making shoes (especially the heels).
    • [H]e was sometimes seen disputing with the cobbler, his opposite neighbour, about the charge of two-pence; and refusing to pay Crispin's demand, unless he put three or four more sparables in the heels of the shoes which he had mended twice before!1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 183

Questions about sparables

What is sparables the plural of?
Sparables is the plural of sparable.

Words near sparables in the dictionary

  1. spar torpedoes
  2. spar torpedos
  3. spar-hawk
  4. spar-hawks
  5. sparable
  6. sparables
  7. Sparacino
  8. Sparacinos
  9. Sparacio
  10. Sparacios
  11. sparadrap

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