squinting modifier
squinting modifier
nounDefinition of SQUINTING MODIFIER
: a modifier (as often in “getting dressed often is a nuisance”) so placed in a sentence that it can be interpreted as modifying either what precedes or what follows
First Known Use of SQUINTING MODIFIER
1924
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