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Definition of Shamming
1. sham [v] - See also: sham
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shamming
Literary usage of Shamming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1899)
"... too prominently unfolded by circumstances, cuts almost a sorry figure ; where
also a certain finesse, to the length even of shuffling and shamming, ..."
2. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"... Ann Put- were the nam as to her own conduct, and shall ^*f*m we suppose the
case to have been sub- shamming ? stantially the same with the other girls ? ..."
3. English Associations of Working Men by Josef Maria Baernreither (1889)
"Precautions against shamming sickness.—Settlement of disputes.—Good effects of
the Temperance Movement—Social advantages of the Societies. ..."
4. Travels in Various Parts of Peru: Including a Year's Residence in Potosi by Edmond Temple (1830)
"Disagreeable feeling in shamming the agreeable. HAVING ridden about fifteen miles,
I stopped at the post-house of Ventilla to refresh the horses and to ..."
5. African Nature Notes and Reminiscences by Frederick Courteney Selous (1908)
"... incidents—Chasing wild dogs with tame ones—One wild dog galloped over and
shot— Two others caught and worried by tame dogs—Wild dog shamming dead—Clever ..."
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