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wind-up merchant

wind-up merchant noun: one who enjoys winding others up in the sense of making fun of them or playing practical jokes.

Noun

wind-up merchant (plural wind-up merchants)

  1. (UK, colloquial) One who enjoys winding others up in the sense of making fun of them or playing practical jokes.
    • Jay: He's such a wind-up merchant.2010, "The Gig and the Girlfriend," episode 2 of series 3 of The Inbetweeners

Forms of wind-up merchant

pluralwind-up merchants

Questions about wind-up merchant

What does wind-up merchant mean?
Wind-up merchant means one who enjoys winding others up in the sense of making fun of them or playing practical jokes.
What part of speech is wind-up merchant?
Wind-up merchant is a noun.
What is the plural of wind-up merchant?
The plural of wind-up merchant is wind-up merchants.

Words near wind-up merchant in the dictionary

  1. wind-streams
  2. wind-sucker
  3. wind-suckers
  4. wind-swept
  5. wind-up
  6. wind-up merchant
  7. wind-up merchants
  8. wind-up radio
  9. wind-up radios
  10. wind-up toy
  11. wind-up toys

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