What does busybodyish mean?
Busybodyish means Like a busybody; interfering, meddling..
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/ˈbɪzibɒdiɪʃ/ · adjective
Like a busybody; interfering, meddling..
It is not busybodyish changes in the Regulations that we need—half-and-half attempts, say, to do away with territorial designations, and then just as half-and-half restorations of them, and such other meddlesome busybodyish humbug as that.
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Busybodyish means Like a busybody; interfering, meddling..
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It is not busybodyish changes in the Regulations that we need—half-and-half attempts, say, to do away with territorial designations, and then just as half-and-half restorations of them, and such other meddlesome busybodyish humbug as that.
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