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fore clipping

noun

a word formed by omitting the first part of the form from which it is derived.

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Words nearby fore clipping

fordo, fordone, fordyce's spots, fore, fore and aft, fore clipping, fore edge, fore plane, fore-, fore-and-aft, fore-and-aft rig
Compare apheresis, back clipping, clipped form.
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