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 me lyke well your servyse, I wyll come agayne full soone, And shote at the donnë dere, As I am wonte to done.’
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank
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 Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)
Our kynge and Robyn rode togyder, For soth as I you say; And they shote plucke-buffet, As they went by the way.
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank
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 Harris, Joel Chandler
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