shornie
/ˈʃɔːni
/noun Australian
A newly shorn sheep: she was taking the shornies back to their paddocks...
- The shornie is shoved through the port.
- The other followed suit, jumping over the fence and running hell for leather down the paddock to seek comfort in amongst the shornies.
- Instead of a penful of hard-won shornies, there was only one sheep left in the pen.
Origin
1950s: from shorn + -y2.
- Moism
- Moissan, Henri
- moissanite
- moist
- moist chamber
- moisted
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- moist sugar
- moisture
- moisture barrier
- moisture content
- moisture cream
- moisture-laden
- moistureless
- moisture lotion
- moisture meter
- moisture movement
- moisture-proof
- moisture-proofing