2. Verb. (third-person singular of screeve) ¹
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Definition of Screeves
1. screeve [v] - See also: screeve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Screeves
Literary usage of Screeves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1802)
"Fearns asked, what he gave for the one-pound screeves ? ... Prisoner then asked
Nadin, if he ever dealt in five-pound or ten- pound screeves? ..."
2. The Registers of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, London by London (England), Arthur Washington Hallen (1893)
"Mary Faulkner, 3. ,, 26. Ann Francklin, 43. ,, 26. Susannah Lewis, infant. ,, 26.
Son of John screeves. „ 27. Son of Jeremiah , [su]. „ 27. ..."
3. Slang: A Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-ton by John Badcock (1823)
"Screens—ue/screeves; forged notes of the Bank of England. to this mark (real or
supposed, for 'tis not always distinct) in time, he is pronounced the loser. ..."
4. Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton by John Badcock (1823)
"... Screens—vel screeves; forged notes of the Bank of England. to this mark (real
or supposed, for 'tis not always distinct) in time, he is pronounced the ..."
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