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kelpie
kelpie
English
Noun
kelpie (plural kelpies)
- (Celtic folklore) A malevolent shapeshifting spirit, most often in the form of a horse, believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland.
- An Australian breed of sheepdog.
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1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador 2014, p. 4:
- Gulls scatter before the blur of my insane kelpie.
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1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador 2014, p. 4:
Translations
spirit
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sheepdog
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