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call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables
cal-l a s-pade a s-pade and a shov-el a shov-el
IPA
54
Scrabble Score
33
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of call a spade a spade.

Inflected Forms

calls a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel (present, singular) calling a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel (participle, present) called a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel (participle, past) called a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel (past)

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Alternative form of call a spade a spade.

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