for very shame's sake

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for very shame's sake

  1. Alternative form of for shame's sake (Owing to a sense of shame)
    • 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan, →OCLC, page 22:
      For very shame’s sake I could hold out no longer,—and with a determined effort I broke the extraordinary dumb spell that had held me like a coward in silent hiding, and came forward boldly to confront my visitor.