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told noses

told noses is the simple past and past participle 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 told noses

What is told noses the simple past and past participle of?
Told noses is the simple past and past participle of tell noses.

Words near told noses in the dictionary

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

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