shive

Example Sentences

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“You just seat yourselves there under the trees,” she ordered them, “and I’ll bring right out a shive off a loaf of bread, and a tot o’ tea for each of you.”

From John and Betty's History Visit by Williamson, Margaret

The way 'e'd shive yer were sutthin' to see.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 26, 1891 by Various

“Pray you, sit down with us, Mr Ferris,” said she; “we shall not lack a shive for you.”

From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Holt, Emily Sarah

The latter, in the latest discoveries of modern science, seem to have stolen a shive from the ancient loaf in the expectation that it would not be detected.

From Ancient and Modern Physics by Willson, Thomas E.

Only look you—” “A shive of beef, Sister?” interpolated Rachel, who had no notion of allowing the theoretical to take precedence of the practical.

From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah