setout en · NOUN
Etymology
From set + out.
Meanings
- an outset
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(colloquial, dated) a display or spread
‘You don’t hate Sissy, Tom?’ ‘I hate to be obliged to call her Jupe. And she hates me,’ said Tom, moodily. ‘No, she does not, Tom, I am sure!’ ‘She must,’ said Tom. ‘She must just hate and detest the whole set-out of us.
1854, Charles Dickens, “chapter 8”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| setouts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |