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lover's leap

lover's leap
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Definitions of lover's leap words

  • noun lover's leap a high area, as on a cliff, from which frustrated or grieving lovers jump or are reputed to have jumped to their death. 1
  • noun lover's leap Backgammon. a player's move from ace point to twelve point in one roll of the dice. 1

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Origin of lover's leap

First appearance:

before 1800
One of the 42% newest English words
First recorded in 1800-10

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Parts of speech for Lover's leap

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

lover's leap popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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