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- noun Plural form of
shadder .
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Examples
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Yet, for several days afterwards, I caught myself wondering, at times, what the fellow had meant by “shadders.”
The Ghost Pirates 2007
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Presently, my glance fell upon Williams, the man who had spoken to me about “shadders.”
The Ghost Pirates 2007
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"They'd got shadders enough, poor cretur's," said Mrs. Downs with reserve.
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An 'th' shadders round us gathered in a sort of ghostly batch,
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Whether they're shadders or fellers 'faces or blocks or blobs o' tar,
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11 Various
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Till de dee break, an der shadders goo away, I'll git me to de mountain of myrrh, and to de hill of frankincense.
Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas
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Some galoots named it Forbidden Pass, jest fur fun, an 'since then there's them what's afraid of their own shadders what's added enough to it ter make folks think it's dangerous ter go through there.
Young Wild West at "Forbidden Pass" and, How Arietta Paid the Toll An Old Scout
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'N' hot days, when th 'hands was chaffin' 'n' singin ', th' black wheels 'n' rollers was alive, starin 'down at me,' n 'th' shadders o 'th' looms was like snakes creepin ', -- creepin' anear all th 'time.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 Various
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"Oh, say, daddy, now it's time to make de shadders on de wall."
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Them still peaks aglow, them shadders below, an 'the lake like a petrified dream;
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