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definition of kvetch
verb
to complain persistently
The student kvetched about the result of her placement test so the teacher had to ask for another correction.
Submitted by: Karl Sammut (Gateway School of English) from Malta on 21/12/2009 07:50:00
Definition of kvetch from the Open Dictionary – a public resource hosted by Macmillan English Dictionary Online
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