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Meaning of for shame's sake | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Owing to a sense of shame.
  2. A mild oath

Examples

“he laughed at our poor blown beasts, that shook on every limb, and seemed like to push their spare, gaunt bones through the trappings with which, for shame's sake, we endeavored to cover them.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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