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rolling calves

rolling calves is the plural of rolling calf.

Meaning of rolling calf

Noun

rolling calf (plural rolling calves)

  1. (Jamaica) A demon in the form of a calf with fiery eyes which makes its presence known by rattling chains.
    • Occasionally a pair of fishermen, or a group of giggling girls, would walk by down the beach on their way to the single tiny rum-shop at the point of the bay. No man walked alone for fear of the duppies under the trees, or the rolling calf, the ghastly animal that comes rolling towards you along...1954, Ian Fleming, “The Undertaker's Wind”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 186

Questions about rolling calves

What is rolling calves the plural of?
Rolling calves is the plural of rolling calf.

Words near rolling calves in the dictionary

  1. rolling boil
  2. rolling boils
  3. rolling brownout
  4. rolling brownouts
  5. rolling calf
  6. rolling calves
  7. rolling chair
  8. rolling chairs
  9. rolling coal
  10. rolling contact
  11. rolling contacts

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