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shuttance

shuttance noun: riddance.

Noun

shuttance (plural shuttances)

  1. (UK, obsolete, regional) riddance
    • […] had it not been for the capture of Plunger — who, after all, was deemed a "good shuttance" — no one would have regretted the price at which the day's lesson had been bought.1884, Benjamin Brierley, Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life, volume 4, page 50

Forms of shuttance

pluralshuttances

Questions about shuttance

What does shuttance mean?
Shuttance means riddance.
What part of speech is shuttance?
Shuttance is a noun.
What is the plural of shuttance?
The plural of shuttance is shuttances.

Words near shuttance in the dictionary

  1. shuts up like a clam
  2. shuts up shop
  3. shuts-up
  4. Shutt
  5. shuttable
  6. shuttance
  7. shuttances
  8. shutted
  9. shuttedst
  10. shutten
  11. shutter

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