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stocahs

stocahs is the plural of stocah.

Meaning of stocah

Noun

stocah (plural stocahs)

  1. (Ireland, obsolete) A layabout or good-for-nothing
    • hee faith is the life of a peasant or churle ; but thenceforth becommeth either an horseboy, or a stocah to some kerne, inuring himselfe to his weapon, and to the gentlemanly trade of stealing1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […]...

Questions about stocahs

What is stocahs the plural of?
Stocahs is the plural of stocah.

Words near stocahs in the dictionary

  1. Stobies
  2. Stobo
  3. stobs
  4. Stobswood
  5. stocah
  6. stocahs
  7. stoccade
  8. stoccaded
  9. stoccades
  10. stoccading
  11. stoccado

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