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sheila
/ˈʃiːlə/
noun 2name 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
desperate, flowery, late
VERB + SHEILA
believed, like, take, wear
SHEILA + NOUN
mackenzie
PREP.
in
ADV.
away
Definitions
noun
1
A woman.
‘I didn’t like that sheila that tried to latch onto him, but.’
He was a real gentleman and although he never asked any personal questions as to why ‘a couple of sheilas’ was hitch hiking to Perth, he said he was glad of the company.
noun
1
Alternative form of shayla.
They sport short hair, no makeup, and do not wear a sheila.
name
1
A female given name from Irish, popular in the UK from the 1920s to the 1950s; variant forms Shelagh, Sheelagh, Sheilagh, Sheela, Sile.
Were English girls not good enough for him that he must needs come up and take away Sheila Mackenzie, and keep her there in the South.
What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star, / And Sylvia like a rustling tree, / And Lola like a melody, / And Flora like a flowery morn, / And Sheila like a field of corn,
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‘I didn’t like that sheila that tried to latch onto him, but.’
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He was a real gentleman and although he never asked any personal questions as to why ‘a couple of sheilas’ was hitch hiking to Perth, he said he was glad of the company.
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“[…]You know I counted no less than fifty-five sheilas out on the street today, all screaming when you guys played.”
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They sport short hair, no makeup, and do not wear a sheila.
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Were English girls not good enough for him that he must needs come up and take away Sheila Mackenzie, and keep her there in the South.
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What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star, / And Sylvia like a rustling tree, / And Lola like a melody, / And Flora like a flowery morn, / And Sheila like a field o
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