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Definition of Shammed
1. sham [v] - See also: sham
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shammed
Literary usage of Shammed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"See Mechlin, Belgium Malingering shammed sickness: some of the dodges used by
unwilling soldiers. Sei Am 115:424 N 4 '16 Mallards. ..."
2. The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities by John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles (1869)
"... that " will not be shammed." In 1700, it was shoved off upon the memory of Mr.
Hale, as a business not safe for him, Mather, to meddle with, any longer. ..."
3. The Historical Magazine (1869)
"In 1692, his language was: "Witchcraft is a business that '• will not be shammed."
In 1700, it was shoved off upon the memory of Mr. Hale, as a business not ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1884)
"The very natural query arises, Are not delusions sometimes shammed by prisoners ?
They are, without doubt. Forms of insanity which allow of emotional ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"He [Sir R. L'Estrange] gave himself the trouble to print, in a quarto pamphlet,
entitled The Shammer shammed, 1681, the whole transaction adorned with all ..."
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