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shellbacks

shellbacks is the plural of shellback.

Meaning of shellback

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.

Questions about shellbacks

What is shellbacks the plural of?
Shellbacks is the plural of shellback.

Words near shellbacks in the dictionary

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

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