"think of England" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-think of England.ogg [Australia] Forms: thinks of England [present, singular, third-person], thinking of England [participle, present], thought of England [participle, past], thought of England [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|think<,,thought> of England}} think of England (third-person singular simple present thinks of England, present participle thinking of England, simple past and past participle thought of England)
  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) Clipping of close one's eyes and think of England and its variants. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, euphemistic, idiomatic Alternative form of: close one's eyes and think of England and its variants

Inflected forms

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