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Definition of Beshrewing
1. beshrew [v] - See also: beshrew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beshrewing
Literary usage of Beshrewing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"Drew on his Holland leather, Then stamped through drifts to do th chores, beshrewing
all such weather. But — after herring, ham, and kraut — To all the ..."
2. Sharps and Flats by Eugene Field (1900)
"Theirs but to roam the leafy glade, beshrewing sheriffs, lords, and priests, To
loll supine beneath the shade, Regaling monarchs with their feasts. ..."
3. The Poetic New World by Lucy H. Humphrey (1910)
"Each burgher shook his kitchen-doors, Drew on his Holland leather, Then stamped
through drifts to do the chores, beshrewing all such weather. ..."
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