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twenty-five cent words

twenty-five cent words is the plural of twenty-five cent word.

Meaning of twenty-five cent word

Noun

twenty-five cent word (plural twenty-five cent words)

  1. (Canada, US, dated) Synonym of ten-dollar word.
    • The old man chuckled. “Well, you can bandy twenty-five cent words all you want, but— Say! we’ve never had a talk like this before, have we? […]”1950, Jack Kerouac, chapter 11, in The Town and the City, New York: Harcourt, published 1983, page 331
    Synonyms:
    ten-dollar word

Questions about twenty-five cent words

What is twenty-five cent words the plural of?
Twenty-five cent words is the plural of twenty-five cent word.

Words near twenty-five cent words in the dictionary

  1. twenty-firsters
  2. twenty-firstly
  3. twenty-firsts
  4. twenty-five
  5. twenty-five cent word
  6. twenty-five cent words
  7. twenty-five-eight
  8. twenty-five-thousander
  9. twenty-five-thousanders
  10. twenty-five/eight
  11. twenty-foot equivalent unit

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