collie-shangie

短语

发音

/ˈkɒliˌʃɑŋi/

词形变化

collie-shangies 复数 collie-shangies

别名

collieshangie

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A loud quarrelsome fight.

    苏格兰 古体

词源

From Scots collie-shangie, from collie (“a breed of dog”), and shangie (“an object tied to a dog's tail”). The frustration of having a shangie attached made the highly energetic collies irritable and likely to fight.

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