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fibber mcgee's closet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
fib-ber m-cgee's -clos-et
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A source of clutter, especially a messy area or room.

American usage

Etymology

From the radio show Fibber McGee and Molly, where the door to an overstuffed closet would be opened and the contents would spill out for many episodes from 1940 to 1959.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Fibber McGee's closets (plural)

Questions

What does fibber mcgee's closet mean?
A source of clutter, especially a messy area or room.
Where does fibber mcgee's closet come from?
From the radio show Fibber McGee and Molly, where the door to an overstuffed closet would be opened and the contents would spill out for many episodes from 1940 to 1959.

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