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Shamble   Listen
noun
Shamble  n.  
1.
(Mining) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
2.
pl. A place where butcher's meat is sold. "As summer flies are in the shambles."
3.
pl. A place for slaughtering animals for meat. "To make a shambles of the parliament house."





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"Shamble" Quotes from Famous Books



... The walls of that chamber seem to open as the scene of a theatre. A grim dungeon; streets through which pour shadowy crowds; wrath and hatred, and the aspect of demons in their ghastly visages; a place of death; a murderous instrument; a shamble-house of human flesh; herself; her child;—all, all, rapid phantasmagoria, chased each other. Suddenly the phantom-Zanoni turned, it seemed to perceive herself,—her second self. It sprang towards her; her spirit ...
— Zanoni • Edward Bulwer Lytton


Words linked to "Shamble" :   walk, scuff, shuffle, scuffle


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