peculiar thing
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpeculiarandthing
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peculiar
adjective
uk/pɪˈkjuː.li.ər/us/pɪˈkjuːl.jɚ/
unusual and strange, sometimes in an ...
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thing
noun
uk/θɪŋ/us/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofpeculiarandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thepeculiarthingabout scientific demonstration is that, provided the other fellow can understand the argument, the evidence compels assent.
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This would be apeculiarthingto say.
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This seems to me a verypeculiarthing.
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Does he agree that it was rather apeculiarthingto do?
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Thepeculiarthingis that the incorporation is of the mayor, aldermen and burgesses.
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It is apeculiarthing, but it always does win.
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That seems to me a mostpeculiarthing.
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This is apeculiarthingand it would seem to have some sort of constitutional significance.
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My county had made a declaration of intent—a mostpeculiarthing, a very vague thing.
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It is apeculiarthingthat he does not.
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That impressed me as being rather apeculiarthing.
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He has brought to mind apeculiarthing.
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It is apeculiarthingthat the only grant which is payable is a death grant.
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I thought that that was a mostpeculiarthingto say.
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The question of consumer choice is a verypeculiarthing.
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I noticed apeculiarthingwhen we were debating the principle of the matter.
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Thepeculiarthingis that it is sometimes the same man.
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There is anotherpeculiarthingabout this most peculiarly drafted clause.
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Instead of that, we did a mostpeculiarthing.
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