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slanes

slanes is the plural of slane.

Meaning of slane

Noun

slane (plural slanes)

  1. (Ireland) A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.
    • Little McTiernan at the Door is giving out short-handl’d Peat-Cutters styl’d, by the Irish, ‘Slanes’.1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon

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Proper noun capitalized: Slanes

Slanes

  1. (plural) plural of Slane

Questions about slanes

What is slanes the plural of?
Slanes is the plural of slane.
What part of speech is slanes?
Slanes is a proper noun.

Words near slanes in the dictionary

  1. slanders
  2. slandersome
  3. slandre
  4. slandres
  5. slane
  6. slanes
  7. Slaney
  8. Slaneys
  9. slang
  10. slang-like
  11. slang-whanger

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