Etymology
Origin of spilth
Example Sentences
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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
But enough of the stale spilth of bar-rooms.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard
His foot slipped in the spilth of wine, and the huge body went down like an oak, the head of it striking one leg of the table.
From Chivalry by Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green
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
Bright spiritual beings like Pippa shed their souls innocently and unwittingly about like a spilth of "X-rays," and the irradiation penetrates instantly the dense opposing integuments of passion, cupidity, and worldliness.
From Robert Browning by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)
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