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wideawakes

wideawakes is the plural of wideawake.

Meaning of wideawake

Noun

wideawake (plural wideawakes)

  1. A bird, the sooty tern.
  2. (historical) A type of hat with a broad brim made of black or brown felt.
    • "He carried his benevolence to the point of coming to meet me at the little station at which I was to alight, and my heart beat very fast as I saw his handsome face, surmounted with a soft wide-awake, and which I knew by a photograph long since enshrined upon my mantel shelf, scanning the carriage...1884, Henry James, "The Author of Beltraffio" in The English Illustrated Magazine 1 (9–10) (June–July 1884).
    Synonyms:
    wideawake hat

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Questions about wideawakes

What is wideawakes the plural of?
Wideawakes is the plural of wideawake.

Words near wideawakes in the dictionary

  1. wide-spread
  2. wide-wasting
  3. wideawake
  4. wideawake hat
  5. wideawake hats
  6. wideawakes
  7. wideband
  8. widebands
  9. widebeam
  10. widebeams
  11. widebodied

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