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wherrets

wherrets is the plural of wherret.

Meaning of wherret

Noun

wherret (plural wherrets)

  1. (regional) A blow, especially on the face.
    • I would rather perswade a man, though somewhat out of season, to give his boy a wherret on the eare, than to dissemble this wise, sterne or severe countenance, to vex and fret his minde.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 31, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

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What is wherrets the plural of?
Wherrets is the plural of wherret.

Words near wherrets in the dictionary

  1. Whernside
  2. wherof
  3. wherret
  4. wherreted
  5. wherreting
  6. wherrets
  7. wherried
  8. wherries
  9. Wherrol Flat
  10. wherry
  11. wherrying

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