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whittret

whittret is the alternative spelling of whitret.

Meaning of whitret

Noun

whitret (plural whitrets)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) A weasel or stoat.
    • We maun off like whittrets before the whole clanjamfray be doun upon us.1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown...

Forms of whittret

pluralwhittrets

Questions about whittret

What is whittret the alternative spelling of?
Whittret is the alternative spelling of whitret.

Words near whittret in the dictionary

  1. Whittocks
  2. Whittome
  3. Whittomes
  4. Whitton
  5. Whittons
  6. whittret
  7. whittrets
  8. Whitts
  9. Whitty
  10. Whittys
  11. whitwall

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