short shrift

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short shrift

(formerly) a brief period allowed to a condemned prisoner to make confession

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No references found			It did not take Michael long to learn this, and stray dogs got short shrift from him. Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context It had been short shrift for Peter of Colfax that night had not John and Guy and another of his henchmen rushed into the room with drawn swords. The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context Both men and women were armed with long-swords and daggers, but no firearms were in evidence, else it had been short shrift for the gruesome plant men of Barsoom. The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			Short Circuit short code short column short division Short Duration Failure short file names Short Film short flashing light short fuse short haul Short Hoggers of Whittinghame Short Hundredweight short ink short interspersed elements short leg Short Message Service short nipple short oil Short Parliament short radius short residuum short round short run short shipment short shot short shrift short stop Short Story short supply short takeoff and landing short takeoff and landing aircraft short ton short varnish short wave short waveguide isolator short waves short word short working plaster Short, Bobby Short, Walter Campbell short-baseline system short-circuit impedance short-circuit transition short-circuiting transfer short-contact switch short-crested wave short-day response Short-Delay Blasting short-delay detonator short-distance navigation Short-Eared Owl			Short score Short score Short Scottish Secure Tenancy Short sea Short Sea and Waterways Forum Short sea shipping Short Secret Sharing Short Segment Barrett's Esophagus Short Segment Barrett's Oesophagus Short Self Contained Compilable Example Short Self Contained Correct Example Short Sell Against the Box short selling short selling short selling Short Selling Basher Short Service Commission Short Service Employee short service employee program Short settlement Short Settlements Short Shameful Confession short shipment Short Short Test Short Short Tests Short shorts Short shorts Short shorts short shot short shrift short sight short sight short sight Short sighted Short sighted Short sighted Short sightedness Short sightedness Short sightedness short sleep short sleeve Short Sleeve Batting Cage Jacket Short Sold Short Sold Short Sold Short squeeze Short Squeezes Short Standard Iron Bar Short stature Short stature Short Stature Foundation Short stature homeobox Short Stature-Obesity Syndrome Short Statured People of Australia Inc. Short Stay Medical Unit Short Stick Defensive Midfielder Short stop Short stop Short stop Short Stories

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