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shag-boys

shag-boys is the plural of shag-boy.

Meaning of shag-boy

Noun

shag-boy (plural shag-boys)

  1. A ghost or goblin.
    • Ghosts, bogies, and the supernatural generally have utterly vanished from this commonplace district before schools and newspapers. Even an old lady more than ninety years old said to us, "Fairies and shag-boys! lasses are often skeart at them, but I never saw none, though I have passed many a time...1882 August, “From the Heart of the Wolds”, in The Cornhill Magazine, volume 46, number 2, page 232
    Synonyms:
    shag-foal

Questions about shag-boys

What is shag-boys the plural of?
Shag-boys is the plural of shag-boy.

Words near shag-boys in the dictionary

  1. shag-bag
  2. shag-bags
  3. shag-bandit
  4. shag-bandits
  5. shag-boy
  6. shag-boys
  7. shag-hound
  8. shag-hounds
  9. shag-rag
  10. shagadelic
  11. shagaholic

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