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straws in the wind

straws in the wind is the plural of straw in the wind.

Meaning of straw in the wind

Noun

straw in the wind (plural straws in the wind)

  1. (in plural) A premonitory sign.
    • There were little hints then that I did not take, little straws in the wind that I did not see, little incidents the gravity of which I did not realize.1913 August, Jack London, chapter XXIX, in John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, pages 263–264

Questions about straws in the wind

What is straws in the wind the plural of?
Straws in the wind is the plural of straw in the wind.

Words near straws in the wind in the dictionary

  1. strawpedos
  2. strawpeople
  3. strawperson
  4. strawpersons
  5. straws
  6. straws in the wind
  7. straws that stir the drink
  8. Strawser
  9. Strawsers
  10. strawsful
  11. strawshed

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