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  • noun Plural form of sheila.

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Examples

  • Girls in Australia were referred to as sheilas just as in England they were called birds.

    Noble House Clavell, James 1981

  • Girls in Australia were referred to as sheilas just as in England they were called birds.

    Noble House Clavell, James 1981

  • It took Tiger Woods a bit of a while to get going in the Australian Masters and the crowd, frankly, was a frisky lot, with sheilas beckoning from the gallery and a spectator having the audacity to yell, "Hey, Eldrick!"

    Tiger Woods trails by 4 shots in Australian Masters Cindy Boren 2010

  • But then he told me I was too young to worry about sheilas cause I probably can't even crack a stiffy.

    This Just In: BSNYC Not Feeling Well! BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • I've always liked you pommie blokes and your "put it about a bit" sheilas (no offence meant) If you train them up proper and they're lovely little things.

    Ruddles County Peter Ashley 2008

  • Aussie sheilas are not the only women down south facing a "man drought".

    617 - sex, geography and demographics Another Outspoken Female 2008

  • At the Al Quoz warehouse gathering goods for NGO Caravan (Karwan in Urdu), burly Australians hurled around boxes while Emirati women, replete in abayas and sheilas, taped them into shape a floor above.

    Hisham Wyne: Pakistan's Floods: Civil Society in Dubai Is Alive and Well 2010

  • At the Al Quoz warehouse gathering goods for NGO Caravan Karwan in Urdu, burly Australians hurled around boxes while Emirati women, replete in abayas and sheilas, taped them into shape a floor above.

    Hisham Wyne: Pakistan's Floods: Civil Society in Dubai Is Alive and Well Hisham Wyne 2010

  • At the Al Quoz warehouse gathering goods for NGO Caravan (Karwan in Urdu), burly Australians hurled around boxes while Emirati women, replete in abayas and sheilas, taped them into shape a floor above.

    Hisham Wyne: Pakistan's Floods: Civil Society in Dubai Is Alive and Well 2010

  • Aussie sheilas are not the only women down south facing a "man drought".

    Archive 2008-11-01 Another Outspoken Female 2008

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