Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A simplified spelling of
shrill .
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Examples
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There will be shril analysis about a possible coup and did Obama cave, etc. during the convention.
It's Official: Obama Camp Encouraged Hillary's Name To Be Placed In Nomination 2009
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We may have gotten to that point by now, if not for a screaming, kicking, shril, and vicious section of the 9/11 truth movement who has at the drop of a needle screamed deafening attacks at anyone who suggested 9/11 was LIHOP.
The 9/11 Truth "LIHOP vs. MIHOP" is "BS that Must STOP!" 2008
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Libarman is a Hateful, angry, un-funny, low rated, liberal Democrat shril, McCain should have never agreed to go on his show in the first place.
WordPress.com News 2008
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634 In her shril tromp, and sound their praises dew?
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser
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This one came, curiously enough, from colonial Massachusetts, where John Josslyn recorded in 1636: "Mr. Maverick's negro woman came to my chamber window and in her own country language and tune sang very loud and shril.
American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime Ulrich Bonnell Phillips 1905
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