Lexicographical Neighbors of Shimmeys
Literary usage of Shimmeys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The dog fiend; or, Snarleyyow by Frederick Marryat (1856)
""Duds! men! No, they keep them all on the other side. We have nothing but petticoats
here and shimmeys." " Then what must I do ? ..."
2. Snarleyyow, Or, The Dog Fiend by Frederick Marryat (1896)
""Duds, men! No, they keep them all on the other side. We have nothing but petticoats
here and shimmeys." " Then what must I do ? ..."
3. Dictionary of Americanisms. by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"(Fr. chemise.) A woman's under-garment. The ghost was nothing but Aunt Katy's
shimmeys pinned on the Hue to dry, and I was a darned fool to be scared by it. ..."
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