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sharny

UK/ˈʃɑːni/

sharny adjective: covered in dung.

Adjective

sharny (comparative more sharny, superlative most sharny)

  1. (Scotland) Covered in dung.
    • Between her and the sharny-toed brier-ragged heather-nibbling boys had been no kinship […].1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 168

Forms of sharny

comparativemore sharny
superlativemost sharny

Origin of sharny

From sharn + -y.

Questions about sharny

What does sharny mean?
Sharny means covered in dung.
What part of speech is sharny?
Sharny is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sharny?
Sharny is pronounced /ˈʃɑːni/ (UK).

Words near sharny in the dictionary

  1. Sharmas
  2. Sharmishtha
  3. sharn
  4. Sharnal Street
  5. Sharnbrook
  6. sharny
  7. Sharoian
  8. Sharoians
  9. sharon
  10. sharon fruit
  11. Sharon fruits

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