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NOSECOUNT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nosecount mean?
• NOSECOUNT (noun)
The noun NOSECOUNT has 1 sense:
1. a periodic count of the population
Familiarity information: NOSECOUNT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A periodic count of the population
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
census; nose count; nosecount
Hypernyms ("nosecount" is a kind of...):
count; counting; enumeration; numeration; reckoning; tally (the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order)
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