pain

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pain definition


  1. n.
    a bother; an irritating thing or person. : Those long meetings are a real pain.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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pain

In addition to the idioms beginning with pain, also see at pains; feel no pain; for one's pains; growing pains; no pain, no gain; on pain of.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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