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shellackings

shellackings is the plural of shellacking.

Meaning of shellacking

Noun

shellacking (countable and uncountable, plural shellackings)

  1. The act or process of coating with shellac.
  2. (US, informal) A heavy defeat, drubbing, or beating; used particularly in sports and political contexts.
    • The News baseball team defeated the Press-Guardian outfit, 8 to 4, in a recent game, which squares accounts for the shellacking the News received a year ago.1929 July, The Typographical Journal, volume 75, page 49

Questions about shellackings

What is shellackings the plural of?
Shellackings is the plural of shellacking.

Words near shellackings in the dictionary

  1. shellack
  2. shellacked
  3. shellacker
  4. shellackers
  5. shellacking
  6. shellackings
  7. shellacks
  8. shellacs
  9. shellakybooky
  10. Shellam
  11. Shellams

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