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SHILLABER Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SHILLABER is shill.
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Origin of the word "shill" ("shillaber") - English StackExchange
I believe it's from the Irish word scil (pronounced shkill), meaning “to shell,” “to husk,” or "to open," but can also mean “to prate, to ...
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Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber - Wikipedia
Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (July 12, 1814 – November 25, 1890) was an American printer, editor, and humorist. He often wrote under the guise of his fictional ...
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shillaber
shillaber slang (chiefly N. Amer.). (ˈʃɪləbə(r)) [Origin unknown.] = shill n.1913 Collier's 6 Dec. 29/2 The business men turned out to be ‘shillabers’, if you know what ‘shillabers’ are. 1924 G. Bronson-Howard Devil's Chaplain vii. 111 One time ‘ballyhoo’ and ‘shillaber’, proprietor of ‘Chief Big⁓sp...
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shillaber - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See shill. Noun. edit. shillaber (plural shillabers). (dated) A shill; a confidence trickster. Anagrams. edit · hairbells, shearbill.
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shillaber, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the noun shillaber is in the 1910s. OED's earliest evidence for shillaber is from 1913, in Collier's: the national weekly. shillaber ...
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Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber
Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (July 12, 1814 – November 25, 1890) was an American printer, editor, and humorist. For the Post, Shillaber introduced his character Mrs. Ruth Partington, the American version of Mrs.
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"SHILLABER": Person who promotes with deception - OneLook
Usually means: Person who promotes with deception. Definitions Related words Mentions History. We found 4 dictionaries that define the word shillaber:
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B.P. (Benjamin Penhallow) Shillaber, 1814-1890 - UNH Library
Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber, humorist, newspaperman, and poet, was born in Portsmouth, NH in 1814. He moved to Boston, MA in 1833, where he became a ...
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SHILLABER definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
noun US slang a shill or someone who poses as a satisfied customer in order to encourage other buyers or participants.
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shillaber - Sesquiotica
It has no relationship to shillings or shells; it is thought to be a shortened form of shillaber, which referred to one of those people who ...
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Craig Shillaber - Northeastern University College of Engineering
Education · Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2016 · M.S., Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2009 · B.S., Civil Engineering, University of New Hampshire, ...
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Shill
Etymology
The origin of the term "shill" is uncertain; it may be an abbreviation of "shillaber". American humorist Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1814–1890), who often wrote under the guise of his fictional character Mrs.
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waspily
waspily, adv. (ˈwɒspɪlɪ) [f. waspy a.1 + -ly2.] = waspishly adv.1854 B. P. Shillaber Life & Sayings Mrs. Partington 231 ‘Because she is a low, vile creature of the town,’ said she, waspily. 1928 Sunday Dispatch 29 July 2/3 ‘That's what I'm doing. Turning over a new leaf—and I'm going to do well.’ ‘Y...
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shill
▪ I. shill, a. and adv. Obs. exc. dial. (ʃɪl) Forms: 1 scyl, 3 sille, 3–5 schille, schulle, 4–5 shyl, shille, schyll(e, shylle, shulle, 4–6 schil(l, 5–6 shyll, shil, 4–7 shill. [ME. schille (2 syll.), app. repr. OE. *scielle, a parallel form of *sciell (late WS. scyl, occurring only once); corresp. ...
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