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[ shel-tee ] / ˈʃɛl ti /
noun, plural shel·ties.Informal.Shetland pony. Shetland sheepdog. Origin of shelty1640–50; shelt (<Old Norse hjaltr “native of Shetland”) + -y2 Words nearby sheltysheltered workshop, shelter in place, shelter tent, sheltie, Shelton, shelty, shelve, shelves, shelving, Shem, Shema Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sheltyThe sons were about to cross a voe or ferry; but one was to take his shelty, while the rest were to go by the boat. Witch Stories|E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton But at this moment Surefoot is stretched more like a stone than a shelty in the land of Nod. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2)|John Wilson When the deed was done the shelty was brought back to its tether as mysteriously as it had been taken away. Witch Stories|E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton I can carry a ship through any sea a ship can live in; I could not drive a Shetland shelty down an empty street. Prisoners of Conscience|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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