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throngings

throngings is the plural of thronging.

Meaning of thronging

Noun

thronging (plural throngings)

  1. The act of those who throng or form a crowd.
    • Tooth-drawers' bills, and tedious proclamations / In meal-markets, with throngings to see cutpurses […]c. 1614, John Fletcher, “Wit Without Money, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act IV, scene v

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Questions about throngings

What is throngings the plural of?
Throngings is the plural of thronging.

Words near throngings in the dictionary

  1. thronger
  2. throngers
  3. throngful
  4. thronging
  5. throngingly
  6. throngings
  7. throngly
  8. throngs
  9. throngy
  10. Thronie
  11. Thronies

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