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ex noun- a former lover or spouse US, 1929
The prefix “ex-”, like those so-named, stands alone. - Even if a man thought his ex was inadequate in bed, he should not say, “You know, I’ve never slept with such a dead fish.” — Anka Radakovich, The Wild Girls Club, p. 39, 1994
- exercise, games UK
- — The Felstedian, December 1947
- in target shooting, a bullseye US
From the notion, perhaps, that “X marks the spot”. - — American Speech, p. 193, October 1957: “Some colloquialisms of the handgunner”
- a car’s accelerator TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1971
- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
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