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uncassocking

uncassocking is the present participle and gerund of uncassock.

Meaning of uncassock

Verb

uncassock (third-person singular simple present uncassocks, present participle uncassocking, simple past and past participle uncassocked)

  1. (transitive) To remove the cassock from.
    • After having had an excellent breakfast, he is hastening home to uncassock himself, when he will, by a country walk, quicken his appetite for an excellent dinner, to which Michael Angelo's father has invited him, […]1811, William Combe, The Devil Upon Two Sticks in England, page 32

Questions about uncassocking

What is uncassocking the present participle and gerund of?
Uncassocking is the present participle and gerund of uncassock.

Words near uncassocking in the dictionary

  1. uncasqued
  2. uncasques
  3. uncasquing
  4. uncassock
  5. uncassocked
  6. uncassocking
  7. uncassocks
  8. uncast
  9. uncastable
  10. uncaste
  11. uncasted

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