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whinyards

whinyards is the plural of whinyard.

Meaning of whinyard

Noun

whinyard (plural whinyards)

  1. (obsolete) A sword, especially a hanger.
    • It is not a necessary inference that he was wounded, though she says they struck him over her shoulder with whinyards; their object, undoubtedly, was to get him out of the queen's presence in the first place.1905, John Hill Burton, The History of Scotland from Agricola's Invasion to the Extinction of the Last Jacobite Insurrection, volume 4

Questions about whinyards

What is whinyards the plural of?
Whinyards is the plural of whinyard.

Words near whinyards in the dictionary

  1. whinstones
  2. whiny
  3. whiny-ass titty babies
  4. whiny-ass titty baby
  5. whinyard
  6. whinyards
  7. whio
  8. whios
  9. whip
  10. whip and spur
  11. whip appeal

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