SHIPPONS

Noun

shippons

plural of shippon

Source: Wiktionary


SHIPPON

Ship"pon, n.

Definition: A cowhouse; a shippen. [Prov. Eng.] Bessy would either do fieldwork, or attend to the cows, the shippon, or churn, or make cheese. Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SHTIK

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