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verb · intransitive

comshaw

comshaw · comshaws · comshawed · comshawing

To acquire without officially requisitioningTo acquire without officially requisitioning; to pilfer or barter for surplus items.

Meaning

1 senses

(slang)To acquire without officially requisitioning; to pilfer or barter for surplus items.

Origin

From Hokkien 感謝 /感谢 (kám-siā, “thanks”).

From Hokkien 感謝 /感谢 (kám-siā, “thanks”).

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Forms

comshaws, comshawing, comshawed, comshawed

Base form	comshaw · to comshaw
3rd person singular	comshaws
Present participle	comshawing
Past simple	comshawed
Past participle	comshawed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	comshaw
he, she, it	comshaws

Past simpleLesson

all persons

comshawed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have comshawed
he, she, it	has comshawed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will comshaw

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

computerizeC2 computing comrade conC1 concave

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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