showd
Britishverb
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(intr) to rock or sway to and fro
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(tr) to rock (a baby in one's arms or in a pram)
noun
Etymology
Origin of showd
from Old English scūdan to shake
Example Sentences
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Burt took a wite mouse out of the cage and showd him to me.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
Her name is Lucille she showd me how to spell it for my progress report and she got yellow hair and blew eyes.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
She showd? me” how, to mix! them; up, and now!
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
He spected that, hevin showd hisself through all the Northern States, ther ought to hev ben enthoosiasm enough evolved to hev carried em without trouble.
From "Swingin Round the Cirkle." His Ideas Of Men, Politics, And Things, As Set Forth In His Letters To The Public Press, During The Year 1866. by Thomas Nast
“In the lawning-loom lere’s a tail on the curtains,” he said, “but it’s showd on tight.”
From In the Mist of the Mountains by J. Macfarlane
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