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XYL

XYL noun: one's wife.

Noun

XYL (plural XYLs)

  1. (CB radio slang) One's wife.
    • Games for the harmonics, (children), YL's and XYL's and the OM's, plus free soda for all.1967, CQ: the Radio Amateur's Journal, volume 23, numbers 7-12, page 140

Forms of XYL

pluralXYLs

Origin of XYL

From ex-young lady, i.e. former girlfriend; see YL.

Questions about XYL

What does XYL mean?
XYL means one's wife.
What part of speech is XYL?
XYL is a noun.
What is the plural of XYL?
The plural of XYL is XYLs.

Words near XYL in the dictionary

  1. XY recorder
  2. XY recorders
  3. XY system
  4. xyelid
  5. xyelids
  6. XYL
  7. xyl-
  8. Xyl.
  9. xyla
  10. xylacine
  11. xylaloe

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