shelleryn.
A depreciatory name for: A grotto.Apparently an isolated use.
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1737 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 608 I have been to see Lady Walpole's shellery (for grotto I will not call it).
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n.1737- to give a person the big e
- to give a person the bird
- to give a person the black spot
- to give a person the boot or the order of the boot
- to give a person the bothered ear
- to give a person the bum's rush
- to give a person the bumps
- to give a person the business
- to give a person the dingbats
- to give a person the double-cross
- to give a person the doublecross
- to give a person the dunt
- to give a person the elbow
- to give a person the eye
- to give a person the eyeball
- to give a person the fig
- to give a person the finger
- to give a person the foil
- to give a person the foot
- to give a person the fuzzies
- to give a person the gang-by
- to give a person the gangby
- to give a person the gaze
- to give a person the go-around
- to give a person the go-by