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neshaws

neshaws is the plural of neshaw.

Meaning of neshaw

Noun

neshaw (plural neshaws)

  1. (uncommon, Massachusetts, especially Martha's Vineyard) A silver eel.
    • But when fall comes, the big neshaws want to get to sea and away from here, and that’s when men catch ’em in beach pots and without bait.c. 1960, Joseph Chase Allen, The wheelhouse loafer [selections from Joseph Chase Allen's weekly longshore log, "With the fishermen", from The Vineyard Gazette, 1940-1960],page 280

Questions about neshaws

What is neshaws the plural of?
Neshaws is the plural of neshaw.

Words near neshaws in the dictionary

  1. neshamas
  2. Neshanic Station
  3. Neshannock
  4. Neshannocks
  5. neshaw
  6. neshaws
  7. neshed
  8. Nesheim
  9. Nesheims
  10. Nesheiwat
  11. Nesheiwats

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