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skeggers

skeggers is the plural of skegger.

Meaning of skegger

Noun

skegger (plural skeggers)

  1. (archaic) A parr; a young salmon.
    • I might here, before I take my leave of the salmon, tell you, that there is more than one sort of them; as, namely, a tecon, and another called in some places a samlet, or by some a skegger1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The...

Proper noun capitalized: Skeggers

Skeggers

  1. (slang) Skegness
    • I lost a Kevin Keegan football at Skeggers :-(2001 April 30, Alistair Mann, “Travelogues Needed”, in uk.local.lincolnshire (Usenet)
    • I thought that too - love that skeggers one!2010 March 4, Sofa - Spud, “OT: BBC in pictures, Railways golden age!”, in uk.media.tv.misc (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    Skeggy

Synonyms of skeggers

Origin of skeggers

From Skeg(ness) + -ers.

Questions about skeggers

What does skeggers mean?
Skeggers means skegness.
What is skeggers the plural of?
Skeggers is the plural of skegger.
What part of speech is skeggers?
Skeggers is a proper noun.

Words near skeggers in the dictionary

  1. Skeffington's daughters
  2. Skeffingtons
  3. skeg
  4. Skegby
  5. skegger
  6. skeggers
  7. Skeggy
  8. Skegness
  9. skegs
  10. Skehan
  11. Skehans

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