Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hanging up one's spurs

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables
hang-ing up one's spurs
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hang up one's spurs

Questions

What does hanging up one's spurs mean?
present participle and gerund of hang up one's spurs

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