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Shirl¹

  • /ʃɜːl/ UK
  • /ʃɝl/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)l

proper noun Shirls

  1. A short form of the female given name Shirley. Roland Jakes trips over the doorway and makes his way to Luisa. “Uh, this seat free? Didn’t eat a bite this morning. Shirl’s left me. Again.”
  2. A surname.

shirl²

noun shirls

  1. archaic, countable, uncountable Archaic form of schorl

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@misc{shirl_2026,
  title = {shirl},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shirl},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}