Category:English exocentric verb-noun compounds
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English compounds in which the first element is a transitive verb, the second a noun functioning as its direct object, and whose referent is the person or thing doing the action.
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See also: Category:English deverbals
Pages in category "English exocentric verb-noun compounds"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 258 total.
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- cacafuego
- carryall
- carrytale
- catch-all
- catchfly
- catchpenny
- catchpole
- catchwater
- cease-fire
- chawbacon
- choke-children
- choke-dog
- choke-priest
- choplogic
- clawback
- clenchpoop
- clingstone
- clubfist
- clutchfist
- come-here
- come-hither
- cover-shame
- cover-slut
- coverall
- crack-hemp
- crack-rope
- crackjaw
- cumberground
- cumberworld
- cure-all
- cutpurse
- cutthroat
- cutwater
K
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- lack-all
- lack-grace
- lack-latin
- lack-laughter
- lack-learning
- lack-life
- lack-linen
- lack-looks
- lack-love
- lack-mind
- lack-pity
- lackbrain
- lackland
- lackluster
- lackstock
- lackwit
- lick-box
- lick-platter
- lick-spigot
- lick-trencher
- lick-twat
- lick-wimble
- lickdish
- lickpenny
- lickpot
- lickspit
- lickspittle
- lockjaw
- loiter-sack
M
P
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- sawbones
- scapegallows
- scapegrace
- scare-beggar
- scare-sleep
- scare-the-birds
- scarecrow
- scatter-story
- scatterbrain
- scattergood
- scofflaw
- scrapegut
- scratchback
- seeksorrow
- sellsword
- shark-gull
- shearwater
- shove ha'penny
- shufflewing
- shut-eye
- skinflint
- skip-kennel
- slip-halter
- slipstream
- slipstring
- slipthrift
- smell-feast
- smell-smock
- smellfungus
- snap apple
- sneak-cup
- spendthrift
- spintext
- spit-poison
- spitfire
- spoil-paper
- spoilsport
- squeeze-grape
- stab-rag
- starve-acre