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shuttances

shuttances is the plural of shuttance.

Meaning of shuttance

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

Questions about shuttances

What is shuttances the plural of?
Shuttances is the plural of shuttance.

Words near shuttances in the dictionary

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

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