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- noun Plural form of
scollop .
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Examples
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I was told here that I didn't have a New York accent, the only indication being that I said scallops with the a as in the name Al instead of "scollops" with the a as in the word ball, which is the old New England way.
Archive 2006-11-01 Will 2006
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I was told here that I didn't have a New York accent, the only indication being that I said scallops with the a as in the name Al instead of "scollops" with the a as in the word ball, which is the old New England way.
Where’s Alexander? “The Great” Goes AWOL Will 2006
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Good luck and may scollops rock yr tadger old Monty P quip yrs and le Mrs.
New Book in the Works | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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Then the lustrous meadows far beyond the thatch of the garden-wall, yet seen beneath the hanging scollops of the walnut-tree, all awaking, dressed in pearl, all amazed at their own glistening, like
Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004
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The kitchen was as dark and darker than the cider-cellar, and long lines of furrowed scollops ran even up to the chimney-stacks.
Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004
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This N.E. end has beautiful sand beaches on the southern side, in front of the forested bank, lying in smooth ribbons along the level shore, and in scollops round the promontories where the hills come down into the lake.
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She had hardly finished her tea, when she noticed a waiting maid approach, dressed in a red satin jacket, and a waistcoat of blue satin with scollops.
Hung Lou Meng 2003
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Our dresses would be embroidered with a lot of scollops, hand embroidered.
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'I began my dinner with turbot and ended with scollops.'
The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent S.M. Hussey
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She had hardly finished her tea, when she noticed a waiting maid approach, dressed in a red satin jacket, and a waistcoat of blue satin with scollops.
Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao
chained_bear commented on the word scollops
According to bilby, a slang term for testicles. See also scollies.
November 24, 2007