shivereens

noun

shivereens

noun
1

UK, Archaic, Dialectal Small fragments; smithereens.

  • 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.1922, The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, volume 1, page 151:

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