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Definition of Screeves

1. screeve [v] - See also: screeve

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Screeves

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screes screeve screeved screever screevers screeves (current term) screeving screich screiched screichs

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Literary usage of Screeves

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1. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1802)
"Fearns asked, what he gave for the one-pound screeves ? ... Prisoner then asked Nadin, if he ever dealt in five-pound or ten- pound screeves? ..."

2. The Registers of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, London by London (England), Arthur Washington Hallen (1893)
"Mary Faulkner, 3. ,, 26. Ann Francklin, 43. ,, 26. Susannah Lewis, infant. ,, 26. Son of John screeves. „ 27. Son of Jeremiah , [su]. „ 27. ..."

3. Slang: A Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-ton by John Badcock (1823)
"Screens—ue/screeves; forged notes of the Bank of England. to this mark (real or supposed, for 'tis not always distinct) in time, he is pronounced the loser. ..."

4. Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton by John Badcock (1823)
"... Screens—vel screeves; forged notes of the Bank of England. to this mark (real or supposed, for 'tis not always distinct) in time, he is pronounced the ..."

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