"wuxtry" meaning in English

See wuxtry in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj}} wuxtry
  1. (dated, slang or dialect) Alternative form of extra (“the cry of a newspaper-seller”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, dated, dialectal, slang Alternative form of: extra (extra: the cry of a newspaper-seller)
    Sense id: en-wuxtry-en-intj-dMzUST5D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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