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thick end

thick end noun: most; the greater part (of an amount of money).

Noun

the thick end

  1. (UK, colloquial, idiomatic) Most; the greater part (of an amount of money).
    • How much did the M1 cost? The thick end of £20M pounds, in fact. Yet the limited availabity of taxpayers' money meant that Britain could never hope to compete with the two world superpowers, Russia and the USA, […]2014, East End at War and Peace, Michael Russell, page 195

Questions about thick end

What does thick end mean?
Thick end means most; the greater part (of an amount of money).
What part of speech is thick end?
Thick end is a noun.

Words near thick end in the dictionary

  1. thick clients
  2. thick crust pizza
  3. thick crust pizzas
  4. thick ear
  5. thick ears
  6. thick end
  7. thick lip
  8. thick lips
  9. thick of things
  10. thick on the ground
  11. thick origami

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