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make pigs and whistles of

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables
make pigs and whistles of
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
1
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To ruin (something); to make a severe mess of (something).

Archaic; Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

makes pigs and whistles of (present, singular) making pigs and whistles of (participle, present) made pigs and whistles of (participle, past) made pigs and whistles of (past)

Phrases

go to pigs and whistles

Frequently Paired Words

go to pigs and whistles

Questions

What does make pigs and whistles of mean?
To ruin (something); to make a severe mess of (something).

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