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wild-and-woolly

wild-and-wool·ly
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wahyld and woo l-ee]
    • /waɪld ænd ˈwʊl i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wahyld and woo l-ee]
    • /waɪld ænd ˈwʊl i/

Definition of wild-and-woolly word

  • adjective wild-and-woolly unrestrained; lawless: a wild-and-woolly frontier town. 1
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Origin of wild-and-woolly

First appearance:

before 1885
One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90; perhaps orig. referring to range-bred cattle

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Parts of speech for Wild-and-woolly

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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wild-and-woolly popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% 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.

Synonyms for wild-and-woolly

adjective wild-and-woolly

  • jerrybuilt — Of or pertaining to a shoddily built structure.
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