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for very shame's sake

for very shame's sake is the alternative form of for shame's sake.

Meaning of for shame's sake

Adverb

  1. Owing to a sense of shame.
    • he laughed at our poor blown beasts, that shook on every limb, and seemed like to push their spare, gaunt bones through the trappings with which, for shame's sake, we endeavored to cover them.1857, Charles James Lever, Tom Burke of "Ours", volume II
  2. A mild oath

Questions about for very shame's sake

What is for very shame's sake the alternative form of?
For very shame's sake is the alternative form of for shame's sake.

Words near for very shame's sake in the dictionary

  1. for thy
  2. for time
  3. for to
  4. for toffee
  5. for two pins
  6. for very shame's sake
  7. for Wales
  8. for want of
  9. for weal or woe
  10. for what
  11. for what it's worth

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