Category:English bahuvrihi compounds

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Newest pages ordered by last category link update:
  1. dothead
  2. sweet tooth
  3. rubberneck
  4. goldseed
  5. white-shirt
  6. softhead
  7. nimble-chops
  8. green hand
  9. spindlelegs
  10. sabertooth
Oldest pages ordered by last edit:
  1. longneck
  2. white-collar
  3. tenderfoot
  4. southpaw
  5. green thumb
  6. diamondback
  7. pink-collar
  8. redhead
  9. blue-collar
  10. busybody

English compounds in which the first part (A) modifies the second (B), and whose meaning follows a metonymic pattern: “<person> having a B that is A.”


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