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stirrers-up

stirrers-up is the plural of stirrer-up.

Meaning of stirrer-up

Noun

stirrer-up (plural stirrers-up)

  1. One who creates a stir or stirs up trouble.
    • He also revelled in controversy and was a great mischief-maker and stirrer-up of trouble[.]1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 90

Questions about stirrers-up

What is stirrers-up the plural of?
Stirrers-up is the plural of stirrer-up.

Words near stirrers-up in the dictionary

  1. stirred-curd cheeses
  2. stirredst
  3. stirrer
  4. stirrer-up
  5. stirrers
  6. stirrers-up
  7. stirrest
  8. stirreth
  9. stirrin'
  10. stirring
  11. stirring one's stumps

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