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gubmint

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɡʌb.mɪnt

Definitions

Pronunciation spelling of government, representing dialectal English.

alt-of, countable, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable

Examples

“"Good luck corroboree, make⟳ him big fat one, all same Gubmint fella," old Rosie, his "aunt by skin" told me earnestly.”
“[H]e understood that his musings about onomatopoeia and sympathetic response gave the gubmint boys far too much credit.”
“Seems like⟳ half the gubmint bureaucrats and snake oil politicians want⟳ to help⟳ us.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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