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-ery
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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| -ery or -ry | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| 1. | indicating a place of business or some other activity: bakery; brewery; refinery |
| 2. | indicating a class or collection of things: cutlery; greenery |
| 3. | indicating qualities or actions collectively: snobbery; trickery |
| 4. | indicating a practice or occupation: husbandry |
| 5. | indicating a state or condition: slavery |
| [from Old French -erie; see | |
| -ry or -ry | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| [from Old French -erie; see | |
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Word Origin & History
-ery
suffix forming nouns meaning "place for, art of, condition of, quantity of," from M.E. -erie, from L. -arius.
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