Meaning

1 senses
  1. (archaic)Synonym of count noses (“to count people one at a time; to determine the number of supporters of a particular politician or issue”).

Origin

From tell (“to count, reckon, or enumerate”) + noses.

From tell (“to count, reckon, or enumerate”) + noses.

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Forms

tells noses, telling noses, told noses, told noses
Base formtell noses · to tell noses
3rd person singulartells noses
Present participletelling noses
Past simpletold noses
Past participletold noses

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytell noses
he, she, ittells noses

Past simpleLesson

all personstold noses

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave told noses
he, she, ithas told noses

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tell noses

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

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