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
“But,” continued his bride, with increasing anxiety, “the shote an’ the cry was long before you comes home.
From The Prairie Chief by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
“Vat a goot shote you is!” exclaimed the botanist riding back to them and surveying the prostrate deer through his blue spectacles.
From Twice Bought by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
There twyse or thryse they shote about For to assay theyr hande; There was no shote these thre yemen shot.
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank
After carrying the shote into the edge of the swamp, bruin had stopped and made a hasty meal upon the porker.
From With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga by Foster, W. Bertram
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