turntippets
turntippets is the plural of turntippet.
Meaning of turntippet
Noun
turntippet (plural turntippets)
- A traitor; a defector; a renegade.
- The priests, for the most part, were doublefaced, turntippets, and flatterersc. 1556, Thomas Cranmer, A Confution of Unwritten Verities; republished in The Works of Thomas Cranmer, volume 2, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1846, page 15
- Synonyms:
- turncloak, turncoat, backstabber, betrayer, cockatrice, double-crosser, quisling, rat, ratter, recreant
Questions about turntippets
- What is turntippets the plural of?
- Turntippets is the plural of turntippet.
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