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slean

slean is the alternative spelling 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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Forms of slean

pluralsleans

Questions about slean

What is slean the alternative spelling of?
Slean is the alternative spelling of slane.

Words near slean in the dictionary

  1. SLDMBs
  2. SLDRAM
  3. SLDs
  4. SLE
  5. Sleaford
  6. slean
  7. sleans
  8. Sleat
  9. sleave
  10. sleaved
  11. sleaves

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