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betwixt a rock and a hard place

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables
be-twix-t a rock- and a hard -place
IPA
52
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
5
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Alternative form of between a rock and a hard place

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What does betwixt a rock and a hard place mean?
Alternative form of between a rock and a hard place

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