"frontsie" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: frontsies [plural]
Etymology: front + -sie Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|front|sie}} front + -sie Head templates: {{en-noun}} frontsie (plural frontsies)
  1. (childish, usually in the plural) The act of joining a queue in front of a friend rather than at the end of the queue. Tags: childish, plural-normally
    Sense id: en-frontsie-en-noun-~g0ecT7G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -sie

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1988, William L. Rivers, Cleve Mathews, Ethics for the media, page 45",
          "text": "To her, the ethical thicket consists of \"frontsies and backsies,\" a phenomenon she noticed in kindergarten.",
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          "ref": "2003, Ann M. Martin, The Baby-sitter's Club, page 200",
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          "ref": "2011, Leo Katz, Why the Law Is So Perverse, page 71",
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          "ref": "2019, Robert K. Bolger, Robert C. Coburn, Religious Language, Meaning, and Use: The God Who is Not There",
          "text": "Backsies meant you let a kid cut behind you. A complex moral microcosm presented itself in the world of frontsies and backsies, with a wide range of available moral responses.",
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