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knight of the shears

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables
knight of the s-hears
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tailor.

Archaic; Humorous

Usage

Inflected Forms

knights of the shears (plural)

Questions

What does knight of the shears mean?
A tailor.

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