shambles

  • 31shambles — n. pl. 1. Flesh market, meat market. 2. Slaughter house, abattoir …

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  • 32shambles — a. slaughterhouse, slaug ter pen, butchery, abattoir, Obs. butcher row.b. mess, wreck, disaster area, rathole, dump, garbage pile or heap, pigpen, pigsty, Brit. piggery, Augean stables, Inf. snake pit, mare s nest …

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  • 33shambles — sham·bles …

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  • 34shambles — [ˈʃæmb(ə)lz] noun [singular] 1) something that is very badly organized 2) an extremely untidy place …

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  • 35shambles — sham•bles [[t]ˈʃæm bəlz[/t]] n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1) a slaughterhouse 2) any place of carnage 3) any scene of destruction 4) a place or condition of great disorder • Etymology: bef. 900; OE sc(e) amel stool, table < LL scamellum, L …

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  • 36shambles — /ˈʃæmbəlz / (say shambuhlz) plural noun (often construed as singular) 1. → slaughterhouse. 2. any place of carnage. 3. any place or thing in confusion or disorder. {Middle English shamel, Old English sc(e)amel stool, trestle table, from Latin… …

  • 37shambles —  Confusion. Mess. Muddle …

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  • 38The Shambles — (official name Shambles) is an old street in York, England, with overhanging timber framed buildings, some dating back as far as the fourteenth century. It was once known as The Great Flesh Shambles, probably from the Anglo Saxon Fleshammels… …

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  • 39The Shambles (community television program) — infobox television show name = The Shambles caption = format = Sketch comedy runtime = creator = Sean Lynch Nathan Valvo Anthony Ziella starring = opentheme = country = Australia network = Channel 31 first aired = 2002 last aired = num episodes …

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  • 40Of Someday Shambles — Studio album by Jebediah Released November 1, 1999 …

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