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shellback

shellback noun: a worldly sailor.

Noun

shellback (plural shellbacks)

  1. A worldly sailor.
    • “Take that, for being a pumpkin-headed old shellback.”1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 161
    Synonyms:
    barnacle
  2. A sailor who has crossed the equator.

shellback meaning in Tamil

shellback in Tamil

பழைய கப்பலோடி

Synonyms of shellback

Forms of shellback

pluralshellbacks

Origin of shellback

From shell + back.

Words formed from shellback

Questions about shellback

What does shellback mean?
Shellback means a worldly sailor.
What is shellback in Tamil?
Shellback in Tamil is பழைய கப்பலோடி. See Shellback meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shellback?
Shellback is a noun.
What is the plural of shellback?
The plural of shellback is shellbacks.

Words near shellback in the dictionary

  1. shellacks
  2. shellacs
  3. shellakybooky
  4. Shellam
  5. Shellams
  6. shellback
  7. shellback crab
  8. shellbacks
  9. shellbag
  10. shellbags
  11. shellbark

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shellback (page history and authors); shellback (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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