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schelms

schelms is the plural of schelm.

Meaning of schelm

Noun

schelm (plural schelms)

  1. (Scotland) A villain or scoundrel.
    • Of her parents he knew nothing, except that "her father must have been a damned hundsfoot, and a schelm, for selling his own flesh and blood to Adrian Brackel;" […]1822, [Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 201

Questions about schelms

What is schelms the plural of?
Schelms is the plural of schelm.

Words near schelms in the dictionary

  1. schellum
  2. schellums
  3. Schellville
  4. schelly
  5. schelm
  6. schelms
  7. scheltopusik
  8. scheltopusiks
  9. schema
  10. Schemacha
  11. schemaless

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