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skellingtons

skellingtons is the plural of skellington.

Meaning of skellington

Noun

skellington (plural skellingtons)

  1. (childish, dated, dialectal, humorous, nonstandard, often) A skeleton.
    • But it were talked on as 'ow 'ee found old Nobes and 'is missus' skellingtons a-sittin' bolt upright in them two chairs, but I doan't know so much 'bout that...1882, John Devenish Hoppus, Riverside papers

Questions about skellingtons

What is skellingtons the plural of?
Skellingtons is the plural of skellington.

Words near skellingtons in the dictionary

  1. skellied
  2. skellies
  3. skelling
  4. Skellingthorpe
  5. skellington
  6. skellingtons
  7. skelloch
  8. skelloched
  9. skelloching
  10. skellochs
  11. Skellow

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