kelpy
Americannoun
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kelpies
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“The Bonita is an oyster-eater’s oyster. It is savory, kelpy and very beachy,” then-general manager Cody Goodwin explained.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2018
"Don't let the kelpy catch you," she said to him half seriously.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
"Do you think a kelpy would look like that?" said the girl dreamily.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
No, it was a kelpy, and his grandmother had told him so.
From Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales by P. Chr. Asbj?rnsen
"The kelpy would have been sure of its victim then," he said, trying to speak lightly.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Dog handler Carla Shoobert said they use dogs naturally inclined to pursue the gulls, such as Australian kelpies and border collies.
From Reuters ● Feb. 17, 2022
Since most Scottish lochs, they believed, had water kelpies, why shouldn't Loch Ness have one?
From Time Magazine Archive
All around is the immemorial home of kelpies, bogles, Warlocks, White Ladies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Natives of the district have for centuries been seeing kelpies, bogies, wills-o'-the-wisp.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Givin’ me advice on gettin’ kelpies out of a well,” growled Hagrid, moving a half-plucked rooster off his scrubbed table and setting down the teapot.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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