another-guess
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of another-guess
1615–25; earlier anothergets, another-gates, originally as genitive of phrase another gate another kind ( gate 2 ); respelling by association with guess
Example Sentences
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Lewes and George Eliot was another-guess sort of treat, and the days devoted to it stand out in high relief in my memory as some of the most memorable in my life.
From What I Remember, Volume 2 by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus
It used to go another-guess manner in thy time.
From History of John Bull by Arbuthnot, John
In the great Ovid it lies in an inscription: in my next case it is "another-guess" matter.
From De Libris: Prose and Verse by Dobson, Austin
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