Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drawn the short straw

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
drawn the short- s-traw
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does drawn the short straw mean?
past participle of draw the short straw

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