Definition of Shagroons

1. shagroon [n] - See also: shagroon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shagroons

shaggy kinase
shaggy pericardium
shaggymane
shaggymane mushroom
shaggymanes
shagnasties
shagnasty
shagpile
shagreen patch
shagreen patches
shagreen skin
shagreened
shagreens
shagroon
shagroons (current term)
shags
shahada
shahadah
shahdom
shahdoms
shaheed
shaheeds
shaheen
shaheens
shahid
shahids
shahin
shahins

Literary usage of Shagroons

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Colonial Experiences ; Or, Incidents and Reminiscences of Thirty-four Years by W. T. Pratt (1877)
"shagroons " left in undisputed possession of the country for their flocks and herds. Happily for the mutual advantage of both ..."

2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... in it that the 'Pilgrims 'would be 'smashed,' and the shagroons left in undisputed possession of the country for their flocks and herds." Pilot-bird, n. ..."

3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... also predicted in it that the 'Pilgrims' would be 'smashed' and the shagroons left in undisputed possession of the country for their flocks and herds. ..."

4. The Book of Canterbury Rhymes (1866)
"One of the visitors, who seem to have delighted in the soubriquet of " shagroons," ventured to prophesy, in a letter which found its way into print, ..."

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