hint
noun
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue.
hinter
-
a word derived from
hint.
Example Sentences
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He has said dozens of times to visitors, however: "Max von Baden ist hinter mir gegangen!"
From Time Magazine Archive
To widen their knowledge of the world, and teach them that "hinter den Bergen sind auch Leute!"
From A Witch of the Hills, v. 2-2 by Florence Warden
Even the old city of Montreal, preserve of the C.P.R., lent its mountain to Mackenzie for a tunnel and a "Model City" on the hinter side.
From The Masques of Ottawa by Augustus Bridle
The remainder of his section, now 60 strong, engaged in training on the hinter slope.
From The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Herbert Brayley Collett
A household hinter advises that “if the thin white curtains blow into the gas and catch fire sew small lead weights into the seams.”
From The So-called Human Race by Bert Leston Taylor
