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woolies

woolies is the plural of wooly.

woolies is the plural of woolie.

Meaning of woolie

Noun

woolie (plural woolies)

  1. (slang) A marijuana cigarette or cigar laced with crack cocaine.
    • Spent some bank, I got a high powered jum / Rolled up the woolie, and I watched Colombo1986 November 6, “The New Style”, in Licensed to Ill, performed by Beastie Boys
    Synonyms:
    wool, wooler

Noun

woolies pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A type of chaps.

Proper noun capitalized: Woolies

Woolies

  1. (Australia, UK, slang) Woolworths, a well-known chain of shops selling confectionery, stationery, etc.
    • Running up through the crowds she looked at her watch and found she had still a half-hour to spare, saw her face as she whipped into Woolies[…]1977, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, James Leslie Mitchell, A Scots Quair
    • It's also possible to pop into Woolies and buy a pre-paid mobile phone for as little as $99 including a rechargeable SIM card[…]2003, Margo Daly et al., Australia

Questions about woolies

What does woolies mean?
Woolies means a type of chaps.
What is woolies the plural of?
Woolies is the plural of wooly.
What part of speech is woolies?
Woolies can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near woolies in the dictionary

  1. woolhouse
  2. woolhouses
  3. Wooli
  4. woolie
  5. woolier
  6. woolies
  7. wooliest
  8. woolily
  9. wooliness
  10. woolish
  11. wooll

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