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Definition of Shibboleths
1. shibboleth [n] - See also: shibboleth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shibboleths
Literary usage of Shibboleths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The United States as a World Power by Archibald Cary Coolidge (1908)
"CHAPTER IV IDEALS AND shibboleths ON March 4, 1897, Mr. William McKinley was
inaugurated President of ..."
2. The United States as a World Power by Archibald Cary Coolidge (1908)
"CHAPTER IV IDEALS AND shibboleths ON March 4, 1897, Mr. William McKinley was
inaugurated President of the United States. This date, hardly more than ten ..."
3. Building a Better Delivery System: A New Engineering/health Care Partnership by Proctor P. Reid, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2005)
"... shibboleths in Modeling Public Policy1 Richard P. O'Neill Federal Energy ...
shibboleths ..."
4. Imperial Fiscal Reform by Vincent Henry Penalver Caillard (1903)
"... on Free Trade within the Empire—Unwisdom of treating objections to change of
fiscal policy as merely ' ancient shibboleths'—Summary of these objections. ..."
5. Points of View by Agnes Repplier (1891)
"LITERARY shibboleths. THERE is a delightful little story, very well told by Mr.
James Payn, the novelist, about an unfortunate young woman who for years ..."
6. Points of View by Agnes Repplier (1891)
"LITERARY shibboleths. THERE is a delightful little story, very well told by Mr.
James Payn, the novelist, about an unfortunate young woman who for years ..."
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