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Definition of Shags
1. shag [v] - See also: shag
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shags
Literary usage of Shags
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Voyage of the "Scotia": Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in by Robert Neal Rudmose Brown, Robert Cockburn Mossman, James Hunter Harvey Pirie, William Speirs Bruce (1906)
"... shags—NERVES—CAPE PIGEONS—RINGED PENGUINS—A BLOODY FIGHT—RELEASE OF THE SCOTIA.
EVER since our arrival at the Orkneys it had been the chiefs intention ..."
2. A New Universal Gazetteer: Or Geographical Dictionary by Jedidiah Morse, Richard Cary Morse (1823)
"... shags, serges, baize, narrow and broad cloth, coatings, and carpets. For the
convenience of trade, a cloth or piece hall has been erected in the town ..."
3. Bird Watching by Edmund Selous (1901)
"CHAPTER VII Watching shags and Guillemots I HAVE referred once or twice before
to the cormorant (including under this title the shag), and once to the ..."
4. Sporting Sketches in South America by Sir William Robert Kennedy (1892)
"The Falkland Islands.— Best time to visit them.—French and Spanish names.—Driving
Geese.—Heavy bag of do.—Steamer-Ducks.—shags.— Penguins.—Seals.—Sheep. ..."
5. Sporting Sketches in South America by William Robert Kennedy (1892)
"shags.— Penguins.—Seals.—Sheep.—Size of the Falkland Isles.— Rabbits a nuisance.—Wild
Cattle.—Death of the old Bull. THE Argentine Republic, extending from ..."
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