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Sheltie en · NOUN

Etymology

Probably ultimately representing Old Norse Hjalti (“Shetlander”).

Meanings

1. A Shetland pony; by extension, any small pony.
   • You, sir, doubtless, are well mounted, and I, for the present, travel upon foot, or on a Highland shelty, that does not help me much faster forward. 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, pages 86–87:
2. A Shetland sheepdog.
3. (rare) A Shetlander.

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