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shrimpery

shrimpery noun: a place where shrimp are caught or cultivated.

Noun

shrimpery (plural shrimperies)

  1. A place where shrimp are caught or cultivated.

Forms of shrimpery

pluralshrimperies

Origin of shrimpery

From shrimp + -ery.

Questions about shrimpery

What does shrimpery mean?
Shrimpery means a place where shrimp are caught or cultivated.
What part of speech is shrimpery?
Shrimpery is a noun.
What is the plural of shrimpery?
The plural of shrimpery is shrimperies.

Words near shrimpery in the dictionary

  1. shrimped
  2. shrimped up
  3. shrimper
  4. shrimperies
  5. shrimpers
  6. shrimpery
  7. shrimpfish
  8. shrimpfishes
  9. shrimpfurter
  10. shrimpfurters
  11. shrimpier

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