shaler

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

shale +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

shaler (plural shalers)

  1. A producer of shale oil.
    • 1975, Chilton's Oil & Gas Energy, page 49:
      Oil shalers hope to benefit from the use of the pipeline facilities which remain at Rangely, facilities which will become more available as crude production declines.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Irish caile (“girl, wench”).

Noun[edit]

shaler (plural shalers)

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A girl or young woman.
References[edit]
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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