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staves

nounobject

curved wooden slats of a barrel

The curved wooden slats that make up a cask or barrel; in Shetland speech used figuratively to describe a pregnant woman, likening her rounded shape to those slats.

Example in use

She's gey staves the noo.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/STAYVZ/

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Origin & context

scotsolderhumorous

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