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skifts

skifts is the plural of skift.

Meaning of skift

Noun

skift (plural skifts)

  1. (Appalachia, Scotland, Shetland, dialectal, including) Synonym of skiff (“light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow or ice (on ground, water, etc)”).
    • Last night we had a little skift of snow.1834, record quoted in 1956, Norman E. Eliason, Tarheel Talk, page 294
    Synonyms:
    skiff

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Questions about skifts

What is skifts the plural of?
Skifts is the plural of skift.

Words near skifts in the dictionary

  1. skifield
  2. skifields
  3. skift
  4. skifted
  5. skifting
  6. skifts
  7. skiiing
  8. skiing
  9. skiis
  10. skijor
  11. skijore

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