2. Noun. (Australia slang) A woman. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sheila
1. a young woman [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheila
Literary usage of Sheila
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1874)
""Will you take Sheila to see the Tyrol, and I will go with you 1" "The Tyrol?
... Ay, it is a ferry long way away, but if Sheila will care to go to the ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1874)
"Will you take Sheila to see the Tyrol, and I will go with you ? ... Ay, it is a
ferry long way away, but if Sheila will care to go to the Tyrol— oh, yes ! ..."
3. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Charles Welsh, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
""The Wooing of Sheila,' her second novel, has more than fulfilled the ... From '
The Wooing of Sheila.'1 That same morning old Theresa and Sheila had been ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"Sheila IN LONDON From 'A Princess of Thule' SHE asked if they were lords who ...
That will take you a long time, Sheila, and you may have many annoyances or ..."
5. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1873)
"Why, there is Sheila !" cried Ingram, " What in all the world is she about at
such an hour?" At this moment Duncan came out, with a book of flies in his ..."
6. Literary Chapters by Walter Lionel George (1918)
"Meynell, Miss Bridget Maclagan, Miss Sheila Kaye-Smith, Miss Katherine Gerould,
... 3 Sheila KAYE-SMITH I do not know whether this is a compliment, ..."
7. The Warner Library by Charles Dudley Warner, Harry Morgan Ayres, John William Cunliffe, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1917)
"Sheila IN LONDON From <A Princess of Thule' SHE asked if they were lords who ...
That will take you a long time, Sheila, and you may have many annoyances or ..."
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