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wind-up merchants

wind-up merchants is the plural of wind-up merchant.

Meaning of wind-up merchant

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

Questions about wind-up merchants

What is wind-up merchants the plural of?
Wind-up merchants is the plural of wind-up merchant.

Words near wind-up merchants in the dictionary

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

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