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shellika pooka

/ˈʃɛlɪkə ˈpuːkə/

shellika pooka is the alternative form of shillig-a-booka.

Meaning of shillig-a-booka

Noun

shillig-a-booka (plural shillig-a-bookas)

  1. (Ireland) snail (in its shell)
    • After the rain, a load of shillig-a-bookas came out.

Forms of shellika pooka

pluralshellika pookas

Questions about shellika pooka

What is shellika pooka the alternative form of?
Shellika pooka is the alternative form of shillig-a-booka.
How do you pronounce shellika pooka?
Shellika pooka is pronounced /ˈʃɛlɪkə ˈpuːkə/.

Words near shellika pooka in the dictionary

  1. shellie
  2. shellier
  3. shellies
  4. shelliest
  5. shellika
  6. shellika pooka
  7. shellika pookas
  8. shelliness
  9. shelling
  10. shelling out
  11. shellings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shellika pooka (page history and authors); shillig-a-booka (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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