shilpit
Americanadjective
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(of a person) sickly; puny; feeble.
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(of liquor) weak; watery.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of shilpit
First recorded in 1795–1805; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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It's no' ma idea o' beauty—a terrible lang neck an' a wee shilpit bit face, an' sic a height!
From Penny Plain by Douglas, O.
"Indeed," thought she, as she turned from the mirror, with rather a mournful smile, "my Aunt Nicky was in the right: I certainly am a poor shilpit thing."
From Marriage by Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone
It's a shilpit bit thing," he answered, "and I winna cheapen him.
From Tommy and Grizel by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
He is weather-seasoned like the red tod o' the hills; but ye are shilpit and silly, boy William, so ye had best bide wi' auld Jean when ye can.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
The Laird, as he peered at her over his spectacles, pronounced her to be but a shilpit thing, though weel eneugh, considering the ne'er-do-weels that were aught her.
From Marriage by Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone
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