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  • noun Plural form of sirrah.

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Examples

  • Carry his body within the house and hide it, sirrahs, that when my mother comes, she may not see his corpse before she is smitten herself.

    Electra 2008

  • Carry his body within the house and hide it, sirrahs, that when my mother comes, she may not see his corpse before she is smitten herself.

    Electra 2008

  • “How now, sirrahs,” continued the King, “are you dainty-lipped, or do you fear death, that you daily thus?”

    The Talisman 2008

  • Ho! sirrahs, seize this woman (His attendants swiftly carry out the order.); hold her fast; for 'tis no welcome story she will have to hear.

    Andromache 2007

  • Ho! sirrahs, seize this woman (His attendants swiftly carry out the order.); hold her fast; for 'tis no welcome story she will have to hear.

    Andromache 2007

  • Let me alone, sirrahs, and be satisfied: I am, as long as MD and

    The Journal to Stella 2003

  • Ireland, I think this week: and I will send this morning to Sterne, to take measures with Smyth; so good-morrow, sirrahs, and let me rise, pray.

    The Journal to Stella 2003

  • Good-morrow again, dear sirrahs; one cannot rise for your play. —

    The Journal to Stella 2003

  • Good-night, sirrahs, and love Presto, and be good girls.

    The Journal to Stella 2003

  • Remember, sirrahs, that there are but nine days between the dates of my two former letters.

    The Journal to Stella 2003

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