Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drew the short straw

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
drew the short- s-traw
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of draw the short straw

Questions

What does drew the short straw mean?
simple past of draw the short straw

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