circs
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The circs, as Bertie Wooster would put it, were quite banal.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 22, 2018
Thought was DM but in any circs wrong.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2013
Honestly, a whistle of relief seems like a bit of an understatement, given circs.
From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2010
Born in Dublin "in humble circs" but now a status-seeking New Canadian immigrant, Ginger daily imagines his ship will come in even while he founders at some bar.
From Time Magazine Archive
No grown-up person was present to make sensible remarks about not eating too much, which was a good or a bad thing "according to circs" as Jerry would say.
From The Happy Adventurers by Middleton, Lydia Miller
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