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the long and the short

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.20 in modern English

Syllables
the -long and the short
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of the long and short.

Questions

What does the long and the short mean?
Alternative form of the long and short.

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