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cover-shame

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* cover + shame

noun

  1. obsolete, uncountable Something used to conceal infamy. Give place then exprobrating fruit, and come / Thou Cover-shame, old Fig-tree, in the Room: / Though men of all the fruit, that hangs o'th' tree, / Should love none less for your obscurity
  2. uncountable A plant, savin (Juniperus sabina), which was historically used as both a contraceptive and to induce abortions.

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@misc{cover_shame_2026,
  title = {cover-shame},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cover-shame},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}