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名詞

shadder (複数形 shadders)

1. Pronunciation spelling of shadow.
   • 1872, John Hay, et al., Not Pretty, But Precious‎^[1]:

     Nex' room my boy lies in the shadder an' dark.

   • 1876, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete‎^[2]:

     We spotted the shadder to a dot."

   • 1904, Marietta Holley, Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition‎^[3]:

     And I see with joy that the shadder on my pardner's face lifted quite a little durin' our stay there, but of course this belated us and we didn't git to St. Louis till Saturday late in the afternoon.

   • 1906, Henry Wallace Phillips, Mr. Scraggs‎^[4]:

     And yet that Chink had the innocentest face in Utah; he might ha' stood for a picture of Adam before Eve cast a shadder on his manly brow.

   • 1916, Francis Lynde, The Taming of Red Butte Western‎^[5]:

     "If I didn't know better, I'd swear that was Hallock again--or Hallock's shadder follerin' him at a good long range!"

   • 1966, Ambrose Bierce, The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8‎^[6]:

     But ole Sim Salper is never a-goin' to fret hisself to a shadder about it.