shote
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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On the homeward trip, their ship "much beeten with shote and wether," sailed westward into Tobermory Bay where her grandee captain, arrogant even in defeat, demanded food and aid from the local Scots.
From Time Magazine Archive
The citizens of the town, especially the ladies, sent out waggon loads of food every day—boiled ham, barbecued shote, chicken pies, and cake; yes, and pickles.
From Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction by Joel Chandler Harris
‘It is ferre gone,’ sayd Robyn, ‘That I was last here; Me lyste a lytell for to shote At the donnë dere.’
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Frank Sidgwick
Keziah married jest 'bout thet time a poor shote of a feller, an' went out West with him on ter some gov'ment lands.
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller
Why, George had a right likely shote give to him one year, but it turned out a runt, he fed it so queer.
From The Mission of Janice Day by Corinne Turner
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