withsaw
withsaw · withsaws
A contradictionA contradiction.
Meaning
1 senses(UK, dialectal)A contradiction.
Origin
From Middle English withsawe, withsahe, withsau, from Old English *wiþsagu (“renunciation,From Middle English withsawe, withsahe, withsau, from Old English *wiþsagu (“renunciation, contradiction”); equivalent to with- + saw (“saying”).
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