Etymology
Origin of spilth
Example Sentences
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Down her body there was a spilth of seeds and pulp.
From Widdershins by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
Spilth, spilth, n. spilling, anything spilt or poured out lavishly, excess of supply.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
His foot slipped in the spilth of wine, and the huge body went down like an oak, his head striking one leg of the table.
From Chivalry by Cabell, James Branch
Here all my life lies like a spilth of wine.
From Kentucky Poems by Cawein, Madison J.
There it hums and caracoles, through the bottles and glasses; reckless what dangerous breakage and spilth it may occasion.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 by Carlyle, Thomas
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