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SHOTE
piglet, piggy, shoat, shote
(noun) a young pig
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
shote (plural shotes)
Alternative form of shoat
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A fish resembling the trout, the grayling (Thymallus thymallus).
Anagrams
• Theos, ethos, sothe, those
Source: Wiktionary
Shote, n. Etym: [AS. sceĆ³ta a darting fish, a trout, fr. sceĆ³tan. See Shoot, v. t.]
1. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: A fish resembling the trout. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Garew.
2. Etym: [Perh. a different word.]
Definition: A young hog; a shoat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; ātheir business venture was doomed from the startā; āan ill-fated business ventureā; āan ill-starred romanceā; āthe unlucky prisoner was again put in ironsā- W.H.Prescott
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