SHROVE TUESDAY, the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, so called as the day on which "shrift" or confession was made in preparation for the great fast. [Please select]
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A joint commission drew up a well-considered plan, but in the face of a presidential election the Senate gave it short shrift. [Please select]
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"Ay" said he, "if they got hands on me, it would be a short shrift and a lang tow for Alan." [Please select]
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But any Christian caught kidding them he's a Moslem would be for it-- short shrift. [Please select]
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The lawyer's eye, shrewdly gaging the situation, gave the slighter man short shrift, and for several intense seconds every breath stopped. [Please select]
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Under the stable and efficient rulership of Diaz, "plans," "pronunciamentos," "revolutions," and similar devices of professional trouble makers, had short shrift. [Please select]
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There is probably short shrift for the old at the squatting-place. [Please select]
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