poke-shakings
Scottish
noun
The last remnants of something, especially (figurative ) the youngest children in a family or the smallest piglets of a litter.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in John Jamieson (1759–1838), antiquary and philologist.
- semi
- semi-
- semi-acoustic
- semi-annual
- semi-annually
- semiaquatic
- semi-autobiographical
- semi-automatic
- semi-autonomous
- semi-basement
- semibold
- semibreve
- semicircle
- semicircular
- semicircular canals
- semicivilized
- semi-classical
- semicolon
- semiconducting
- semiconductor
- semi-conscious
- semi-conservative
- semi-crystalline
- semi-cylinder
- semi-cylindrical