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SHORT SHRIFT (1)
SHORT SHRIFT (1)
ScnMaster
very little
care
or
attention
, as from lack of patience or
sympathy
. From the practice of granting a condemned person a
brief
time
for shrift (
religious
confession
and absolution) before his
execution
.
—
Clearing
Congress
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