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Definition of Screwier
1. screwy [adj] - See also: screwy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Screwier
Literary usage of Screwier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce by William Schaw Lindsay (1876)
"... to the size and velocity of the wheel; allowing the fans to have a proper
inclination, the steam-engine will also serve to clear the ship of screwier. ..."
2. Our Homes, and how to Make Them Healthy by Shirley Forster Murphy, Robert Brudenell Carter (1883)
"... the ashes are thrown through an opening in the side or real- wall of the privy
on to a sloping board, which conducts them to the screwier, or sieve. ..."
3. Making Health Communication Programs Work: A Planner's Guide (1992)
"Would you be willing to spend a few minutes answering some questions? screwier 5.1
What is your age? (RECORD) 1. ..."
4. Essentials of Sheet Metal Work and Pattern Drafting: An Elementary and by James Sharkey Daugherty (1918)
"... Friction Roller Shoe Set screwier 120° Adjustable Stop Figure 16.—Bar Folding
Machine. ment on hand for constructing them. The machine in general use ..."
5. Beatrice by H. Rider Haggard (2001)
"... and wus," and went on, in delicate reference to her powers of extracting cash,
to liken her to a "two-legged corkscrew only screwier," she perhaps ..."
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