secret language of Irish tinkers, 1876, of unknown origin. According to OED it mostly consists of Irish or Gaelic words with inversion or arbitrary substitution of initial consonants.
sheldrake
shelf
shell
shellac
shellfish
shelta
shelter
sheltered
Sheltie
shelve
Shema
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