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  • verb Present participle of sliver.

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Examples

  • We knew what the trawls were, and supposed that the porgies were to be used for bait; and we soon found out what "slivering" meant, by seeing him take them by the head and cut a slice from first one side and then the other in such a way that the pieces looked not unlike smaller fish.

    Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches Sarah Orne Jewett 1879

  • So I ended up slivering two big slices of Wilson's Jamón Selva Negra into my cream sauce.

    Oh, Cecina! 2009

  • So I ended up slivering two big slices of Wilson's Jamón Selva Negra into my cream sauce.

    Oh, Cecina! 2009

  • So I ended up slivering two big slices of Wilson's Jamón Selva Negra into my cream sauce.

    Oh, Cecina! 2009

  • So I ended up slivering two big slices of Wilson's Jamón Selva Negra into my cream sauce.

    Oh, Cecina! 2009

  • So I ended up slivering two big slices of Wilson's Jamón Selva Negra into my cream sauce.

    Oh, Cecina! 2009

  • So I ended up slivering two big slices of Wilson's Jamón Selva Negra into my cream sauce.

    Oh, Cecina! 2009

  • So I ended up slivering two big slices of Wilson's Jamón Selva Negra into my cream sauce.

    Oh, Cecina! 2009

  • So I ended up slivering two big slices of Wilson's Jamón Selva Negra into my cream sauce.

    Oh, Cecina! 2009

  • So I ended up slivering two big slices of Wilson's Jamón Selva Negra into my cream sauce.

    Oh, Cecina! 2009

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