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wild and woolly

wild and woolly adjective: uncultured and without laws.

Adjective

wild and woolly (comparative wilder and woollier, superlative wildest and woolliest)

  1. (informal) Uncultured and without laws.

Forms of wild and woolly

comparativewilder and woollier
superlativewildest and woolliest

Questions about wild and woolly

What does wild and woolly mean?
Wild and woolly means uncultured and without laws.
What part of speech is wild and woolly?
Wild and woolly is an adjective.

Words near wild and woolly in the dictionary

  1. Wilczynski
  2. Wilczynskis
  3. wild
  4. wild almond
  5. wild almonds
  6. wild and woolly
  7. wild and wooly
  8. wild animal
  9. wild animals
  10. wild as a Tuckernuck steer
  11. wild as a wet hen

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