Non-treasure

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of nontreasure. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "Several of our non-treasures had to be dismissed within days for intolerable personal filthiness (there was the celebrated case of the louse on the table-napkin. . .) or irredeemable incompetence, or both."

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"Several of our non-treasures had to be dismissed within days for intolerable personal filthiness (there was the celebrated case of the louse on the table-napkin. . .) or irredeemable incompetence, or both."

Etymology

From non- + treasure.

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