civil tongue
civil tongue · civil tongues
A polite manner of speakingA polite manner of speaking.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)A polite manner of speaking.
Forms
plural: civil tongues| Singular | civil tongue |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.