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swellies

swellies is the plural of swelly.

Meaning of swelly

Noun

swelly (plural swellies)

  1. (UK, historical) An abnormal local thickening of a seam of coal.
    • Between the two extremes, the line of coast passes through a very great depression of the strata, designated locally a "swelly," and constituting that feature generally met with in coal fields which is properly termed a basin. This greatest depression takes place near the town of Sunderland, where...1863, A History of the Trade and Manufactures of the Tyne, Wear, and Tees

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Questions about swellies

What is swellies the plural of?
Swellies is the plural of swelly.

Words near swellies in the dictionary

  1. swellfishes
  2. swellhead
  3. swellheaded
  4. swellheadedness
  5. swellheads
  6. swellies
  7. swelligant
  8. swellin'
  9. swelling
  10. swelling soil
  11. swelling soils

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