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Sheridan's Mrs
Answer for the clue "Sheridan's Mrs ", 8 letters:
malaprop
Alternative clues for the word malaprop
- Sheridan's misspeaking Mrs
- Linguistic lapse
- In fiction, diction was her affliction
- Famous word butcher
- Butcherer of words
- The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
- Bush utterance, often
- Word mix-up
- Mrs. ___ (character in a 1775 play known for poor but amusing word choice)
Usage examples of malaprop.
Dogberries and grandmothers are occasionally found upon the bench, dispensing their honest but destructive platitudes, and their Malaprop constructions of commercial law, to juries of astounded merchants.