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leatherneck

How many syllables in leatherneck?

  3 syllables

Divide leatherneck into syllables:   leath-er-neck
Primary syllable stress:   leath-er-neck
Secondary syllable stress:   leath-er-neck
How to pronounce leatherneck:   leth-er-nek
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