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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Schame,) Shame, interj. (n.). Appar., an interjection (? = e.m.E. hem (1526)). —1685-8 Renwick Serm. 245.
Some having their shame, their haes and their faes and the like, they may even speak them all out
