shivereens
English edit
Noun edit
shivereens pl (plural only)
- (UK, dialect, archaic) Small fragments; smithereens.
- 1922, The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, volume 1, page 151:
- Poor Charmer got deeper and deeper into falsehood, until one any he appeared with a mass of entangled wire in his hands, and declared that his machine had gone to shivereens.
References edit
- English Dialect Society (1878) “Shivereens, small pieces or shreds.”, in Publications, volume 10, page 50