"call a spade a bloody shovel" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: calls a spade a bloody shovel [present, singular, third-person], calling a spade a bloody shovel [participle, present], called a spade a bloody shovel [participle, past], called a spade a bloody shovel [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} call a spade a bloody shovel (third-person singular simple present calls a spade a bloody shovel, present participle calling a spade a bloody shovel, simple past and past participle called a spade a bloody shovel)
  1. (informal, vulgar) Alternative form of call a spade a shovel Tags: alt-of, alternative, informal, vulgar Alternative form of: call a spade a shovel
    Sense id: en-call_a_spade_a_bloody_shovel-en-verb-QwP6Tshz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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