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witches' knickers

witches' knickers noun: plastic bags snagged in trees and bushes.

Noun

witches' knickers pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, plural, plural-only, slang) Plastic bags snagged in trees and bushes.

Questions about witches' knickers

What does witches' knickers mean?
Witches' knickers means plastic bags snagged in trees and bushes.
What part of speech is witches' knickers?
Witches' knickers is a noun.

Words near witches' knickers in the dictionary

  1. witches' butter
  2. witches' butters
  3. witches' cauldron
  4. witches' hair
  5. witches' hats
  6. witches' knickers
  7. witches' ladder
  8. witches' ladders
  9. witches' milk
  10. witches' Sabbat
  11. witches' Sabbath

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