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shellycoat

shellycoat noun: a mythical water creature wearing a coat made of shells.

Noun

shellycoat (plural shellycoats)

  1. (Scotland) A mythical water creature wearing a coat made of shells.
    • This country is also the abode of Shellycoat, who haunts Shetland and the Orkneys.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 172
    • The fatigued and deluded travellers now relinquished the pursuit; and had no sooner done so, than they heard shellycoat applauding, in loud bursts of laughter, his successful roguery. The spirit was supposed particularly to haunt the old house of Gorinberry situated on the River Hermitage in...2013, Donald Mackenzie, Scottish Folk-Lore and Folk Life, →ISBN

Forms of shellycoat

pluralshellycoats

Origin of shellycoat

From shelly + coat.

Questions about shellycoat

What does shellycoat mean?
Shellycoat means a mythical water creature wearing a coat made of shells.
What part of speech is shellycoat?
Shellycoat is a noun.
What is the plural of shellycoat?
The plural of shellycoat is shellycoats.

Words near shellycoat in the dictionary

  1. shellworkers
  2. shellworking
  3. shellworks
  4. shelly
  5. Shelly Beach
  6. shellycoat
  7. shellycoats
  8. Shelman
  9. Shelmans
  10. Shelmerdine
  11. Shelmerdines

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