brush-offs

A form of brush-off — An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal.

Meanings

noun

alternative brushoffs · alternative brush offs

  1. pluralplural of brush-off

    For the first time, we in the SF ghetto are beginning to get criticism – not brush-offs from literary snobs.

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