Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

selling the family silver

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables
sell-ing the -fam-i-ly sil-ver
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of sell the family silver

Questions

What does selling the family silver mean?
present participle and gerund of sell the family silver

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