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Rareduns
The correct spelling is duns.
How to pronounce duns
noun
Say it like: Dun-s
The correct spelling is duns. A brownish grey colour.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A brownish grey colour.
- 2.A collector of debts.
- 3.An urgent request or demand of payment.
- 4.A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago.
- 5.A fly made to resemble the mayfly subimago.
verb
- 1.To ask or beset a debtor for payment.
- 2.To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request.
- 3.To cure, as codfish, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with saltgrass or a similar substance.
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