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Shat.

Nickname for Skelmanthorpe: a large village in Denby Dale parish, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

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name/ʃæt/
  1. Nickname for Skelmanthorpe: a large village in Denby Dale parish, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England.

    Yorkshire · colloquial
Where this word comes from

Named after the Shatterers, from shatterer, a group of labourers hired to "shatter" (break) rocks during the construction of local railway and deep cuttings in the 19th century. Some locals also suggest this nickname referred to Luddites who met at the local Chartist pub to break (shatter) looms.

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