Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took the gilt off the gingerbread

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables
took the gilt of-f the gin-ger-bread
IPA
50
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of take the gilt off the gingerbread

Questions

What does took the gilt off the gingerbread mean?
past participle of take the gilt off the gingerbread

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