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单词 p's and q's
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p's and q's

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noun

manners; behavior; conduct (usually preceded by mind or watch): The children were told to mind their p's and q's.

Origin of p's and q's

First recorded in 1770–80; perhaps from some children's difficulty in distinguishing the two letters

Words nearby p's and q's

psammomatous meningioma, psammophyte, psammosere, psammous, Psamtik I, p's and q's, PSAT/NMSQT, PSBR, PSC, pschent, PSD
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British Dictionary definitions for p's and q's

p's and q's

pl n

behaviour within social conventions; manners (esp in the phrase to mind one's p's and q's)

Word Origin for p's and q's

altered from p (lea) se and (than) k-you's
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