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Shim   /ʃɪm/   Listen
Shim

noun
1.
A thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices.





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"Shim" Quotes from Famous Books



... mute: You see the Latin; Ego sum via, veritas, et vita; I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. [Greek: Ego eimi to alpha kai to omega.] In Hebrew, [Hebrew: Lechu banim shim'uh li, yr'at adonai alamdeichem] Come, ye Children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear ...
— Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. • Erasmus
... and carrying his yellow tin box, he climbed into the craggy moorland path which takes you to the tramping road. By the pump of Tavarn Ffos he rested until Shim Carrier came thereby; and while Shim's horse drank of barley water, Joseph stepped into the wagon; and at the end of the passage Shim showed him the business of getting a ticket and that of going into and coming down from a ...
— My Neighbors - Stories of the Welsh People • Caradoc Evans


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