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Dubious Honour Adj Ironic)she Woman Hanged England Good

word dubious
part_of_speech adj.
e.g. (ironic)She had the dubious honour of being the last woman to be hanged in England (= it was not an honour at all) .
explanation that you cannot be sure about; that is probably not good

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