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单词 to cry shares
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to cry shares
d. In plural, as an exclamation expressing the desire or demand to be allowed to share in some gain, windfall, etc. Also to cry shares: to express this desire or make this demand. Obsolete.
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1829 Sheffield Independent 5 Dec. ‘Hey,’ says he, ‘I'm lucky to-day.’ ‘Aye,’ says Read, who steps up at the same moment, ‘so am I; I cry shares, whatever it be.’
1860 W. R. Shepherd Adventures Mr. Ambiguous Law x. 188 ‘Hallo! Bill, whad'ya got there?’ shouted one. ‘Shares! shares!’ said another. ‘No sneaking,’ said a third.
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. xi. 128 Why touch the thing myself When I could see you hunt and then cry ‘Shares! Quarter the carcass or we quarrel’.
1890 Spring-heeled Jack xxx. 118 ‘I cry shares,’ said Grabham, now convinced it was of value.
1905 Longman's Mag. June 137 ‘Look,’ she said, ‘that's Bob Jermy; he be waiten' for that case ter come ashore. Let's follow him inside th' dunes and wait till he get that on th' sand, and then cry shares.’
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