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frame-up en · NOUN

Etymology

Deverbal from frame up.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of frameup.
    alt of frameup
    • Then he burst into a stream of horrible profanity. "What's the game?" he cried, glaring round him. "Do you think I am easy and that you can play me for a sucker? Is it a frame-up, or what? You've chose the wrong man for a try-on of that sort." 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

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frame-ups Number=Plur lexicographic