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welshnuts

welshnuts is the plural of welshnut.

Meaning of welshnut

Noun

welshnut (plural welshnuts)

  1. (UK, West-Country, dated, dialectal, Dorset, Somerset) A walnut (nut or tree).
    • […] Our tongues do run, O, / Enough to stun, O, / Your head wi' glee by the welshnut tree.1879, William Barnes, “The Welshnut Tree”, in Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect, page 85

Questions about welshnuts

What is welshnuts the plural of?
Welshnuts is the plural of welshnut.

Words near welshnuts in the dictionary

  1. Welshman
  2. Welshmans Reef
  3. Welshmen
  4. Welshness
  5. welshnut
  6. welshnuts
  7. Welshpool
  8. Welshries
  9. Welshry
  10. Welshwoman
  11. Welshwomen

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