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shirrs

shirrs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shirr.

Meaning of shirr

Verb

shirr (third-person singular simple present shirrs, present participle shirring, simple past and past participle shirred)

  1. (US) To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads.
  2. (US, transitive) To bake (a raw egg removed from its shell) in a baking dish.
    • 'Breakfast, please,' said Bond. 'Pineapple juice, double. Cornflakes and cream. Shirred eggs with bacon. Double portion of Café Espresso. Toast and marmalade.'1954, Ian Fleming, “True or False?”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 92

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Questions about shirrs

What is shirrs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shirrs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shirr.

Words near shirrs in the dictionary

  1. shirred
  2. shirring
  3. shirring string
  4. shirring strings
  5. shirrings
  6. shirrs
  7. shirs
  8. shirsey
  9. shirseys
  10. Shirshak
  11. shirshasana

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