Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sell bargains

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: sel-l- bar-gains
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make saucy (usually indiscreet) comments; to come onto.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Where sold he Bargains, Whip-stitch, kiss my Arse, / Promis'd a Play and dwindled to a Farce?"
"No Maid at Court is leſs aſham'd, / Howe'er for ſelling Bargains fam'd, / Than ſhe, to name her Parts behind, / Or when a-bed, to let out Wind."
"He […] began to descend to familiar questions, endeavouring to accommodate his discourse to the grossness of rustic understandings. The clowns soon found that he did not know wheat from rye, and began to despise him; one of the boys, by pretending to show him a bird's nest, decoyed him into a ditch; and one of the wenches sold him a bargain."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

sells bargains (present, singular) selling bargains (participle, present) sold bargains (participle, past) sold bargains (past)

Phrases

ask my arse

Frequently Paired Words

ask my arse

Synonyms

sell someone a bargain

Questions

What does sell bargains mean?: To make saucy (usually indiscreet) comments; to come onto.

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