Shivereens

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Noun
  1. 1
    Small fragments; smithereens. UK, archaic, dialectal, plural, plural-only

    "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."

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smithereens

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"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."

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