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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SHIVEREENS, n.pl. Fragments, small bits (Cai., Mry., Fif., Bwk., sm.Sc. 1970). Also in Eng. dial.Kcb. 1893 Crockett Stickit Minister 191:
Cleg Kelly could “lick him into shivereens”

[Conflation of shivers, id., with smithereens.]

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