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hemmed and hawed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables
hemmed and hawed
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of hem and haw

Questions

What does hemmed and hawed mean?
simple past and past participle of hem and haw

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