- a variation of shelty.
sheltie
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of sheltie
C17: probably from Orkney dialect sjalti, from Old Norse Hjalti Shetlander, from Hjaltland Shetland
Example Sentences
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She was able to ship Emmitt, her 10-year-old sheltie, a “fearless, four-legged family member,” to relatives in the states.
From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2022
Later, he got a summer job at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, where he helped take care of sea lions, and on weekends, he went on long hikes with his sheltie.
From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2014
The two sheltie pups in the front window seemed agitated.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
I saw many good and safe places indeed, but I remembered that my sheltie would be an advertisement to the pursuers, so I held on my way.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
We could get but one bridle here, which, according to the maxim detur digniori, was appropriated to Dr. Johnson's sheltie.
From Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) by Boswell, James
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