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tells noses

tells noses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tell noses.

Meaning of tell noses

Verb

tell noses (third-person singular simple present tells noses, present participle telling noses, simple past and past participle told noses)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of count noses (“to count people one at a time; to determine the number of supporters of a particular politician or issue”).
    • Another Noble Lord, my Lord Clare tells you, that he had ſome Diſcourſe with my Lord Howard, and he ſaid, that if he were accuſed, he thought they would but tell Noſes and his busineſs was done.1684, Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, The Arraignment, Tryal & Condemnation of Algernon Sidney, Esq. for High-treason, B. Tooke, page 61
    Synonyms:
    count noses

Questions about tells noses

What is tells noses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tells noses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tell noses.

Words near tells noses in the dictionary

  1. tells apart
  2. tells fortunes
  3. tells it like it is
  4. tells it to the hand
  5. tells its own tale
  6. tells noses
  7. tells of
  8. tells off
  9. tells on
  10. tells someone where to get off
  11. tells someone where to shove it

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