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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare, possibly obsolete) Alternative form of child representing German- or French-accented speech..
RAGGOU. For oughta me see, dis shild be your shild. CAPTAIN. How prove you that, sir? RAGGOU. Begar, she say de shild belong to de troop, and you say de troop belong to you; derefore, de shild is your shild, begar. […] RAGGOU. […] Madam Dol, before my Capitain, if your shild be born wid never a shart, den it by my shild, for me have had no shart dis forty week.
"Und Shonny Schwartz' barents vas poorer as be" — Oh, dhose shildren, dhose shildren, dhey boddher mine life ! — But shtop shust a leedle. If Katrine, mine vife, […]
Use shild when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Shild means (rare, possibly obsolete) Alternative form of child representing German- or French-accented speech..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
RAGGOU. For oughta me see, dis shild be your shild. CAPTAIN. How prove you that, sir? RAGGOU. Begar, she say de shild belong to de troop, and you say de troop belong to you; derefore, de shild is your shild, begar. […] RAGGOU. […] Madam Dol, before my Capitain, if your shild be born wid never a shart, den it by my shild, for me have had no shart dis forty week.
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