Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

called a spade a shovel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables
called a s-pade a shov-el
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of call a spade a shovel

Inflected Forms

called a (canonical)

Questions

What does called a spade a shovel mean?
simple past and past participle of call a spade a shovel

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