shive

Example Sentences

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I’ll say aught you want me, and I don’t care what it is—that the moon’s made o’ green cheese, if you will, and I’d a shive last night for supper.

From The King's Daughters by Holt, Emily Sarah

“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

There was a poor fellow breakfasting in the shed at the same time; and he gave the woman a thick shive of his bread as she went away.

From Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine by Waugh, Edwin

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

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

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