Visitors to Australia and New Zealand will hear locals using the word “Sheila”. Expressions such as “Just look at that Sheila” and “Blimey, that Sheila is hot” are commonplace. It’s a slang name for a girl or young woman.

There is an equine female with a similar name running at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Saturday but with a slightly different spelling — Sheela...

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