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    SHORT SHRIFT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A brief and unsympathetic rejectionplay

    Example:

    they made short shrift of my request

    Synonyms:

    short shrift; summary treatment

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("short shrift" is a kind of...):

    rejection (the speech act of rejecting)

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