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stone end

stone end noun: the limit; the bitter end.

Noun

stone end

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) The limit; the bitter end.
    • ‘Yuh father'll be picked up for being drunk-in-charge as sure as eggs're eggs and that'll be the stone end of the whole caboosh.’1963, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, The Scarecrow, Text Classics, published 2012, page 51

Questions about stone end

What does stone end mean?
Stone end means the limit; the bitter end.
What part of speech is stone end?
Stone end is a noun.

Words near stone end in the dictionary

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  3. stone deaf
  4. stone editor
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  6. stone end
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  8. stone falcons
  9. stone fish
  10. stone fishes
  11. stone frigate

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