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Lack of pies, say
Answer for the clue "Lack of pies, say ", 10 letters:
spoonerism
Alternative clues for the word spoonerism
- A slip of the tongue? — no promises (anag)
- Reverend's mistake: lovey-dovey type is married
- Comical transposition
- Fighting a liar, e.g.
- "Let me sew you to your sheet," e.g
- Something said by self-described birdwatcher?
- Silly sound transposition
- A slip of the tongue? - no promises
- Chewing the doors, for example
Word definitions for spoonerism in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.
Usage examples of spoonerism.
Two other special interest groups are SIGVOICE, concentrating on topics ranging from accents to spoonerisms, and SIGTRAN, dedicated to the art of translation.