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roodery skerry

nounsea

small rocky sea outcrop with barnacles

a skerry or small rocky outcrop densely encrusted with barnacles

Example in use

Mind the roodery skerry oot by the Ness; it'll snare yer keel.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/ROO-duh-ree SKER-ee/

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Origin & context

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