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calling a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables
call-ing a s-pade a s-pade and a shov-el a shov-el
IPA
58
Scrabble Score
36
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel

Questions

What does calling a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel mean?
present participle and gerund of call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel

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