Category:English bahuvrihi compounds

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Newest pages ordered by last category link update:
  1. sweet tooth
  2. rubberneck
  3. goldseed
  4. white-shirt
  5. softhead
  6. nimble-chops
  7. green hand
  8. spindlelegs
  9. sabertooth
  10. yellowbill
Oldest pages ordered by last edit:
  1. yellowthroat
  2. thickhead
  3. yellowbill
  4. nimble-chops
  5. pink-collar
  6. yellowback
  7. road hog
  8. crookneck
  9. cowhand
  10. redbreast

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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