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''Let me sew you to your sheet,'' e.g
Answer for the clue "''Let me sew you to your sheet,'' e.g ", 10 letters:
spoonerism
Alternative clues for the word spoonerism
- Like this good clue, it might have you stuck!
- Chewing the doors, for example
- Loose Brie, for example
- Something said by self-described birdwatcher?
- Reverend's mistake: lovey-dovey type is married
- Silly sound transposition
- No promises to be broken? It sounds the wrong way round
- Burly chassis for Shirley Bassey, say?
Word definitions for spoonerism in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1900, but according to OED in use at Oxford as early as 1885, involuntary transposition of sounds in two or more words (such as "shoving leopard" for "loving shepherd," "half-warmed fish" for "half-formed wish," "beery work speaking to empty wenches," etc.), ...
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.