shed a tear
(UK, Irish, slang, obsolete) To take a dram, or glass of spirits.
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None of us will shed a tear for Trump; however, it is very sad when you've installed and keep using a demented sick old man to head an office either to make fun of him and his party, or use him to protect pedophiles a…
+ his hand to her cheek. Finally being able to touch her in reality, not just in an illusion or dream, forces him to finally shed a tear, rolling down his cheek and disappearing into his luxurious beard. "I missed you…
#booksky Finished no longer human yesterday and damn.. What a read, more specifically the final note and epilouge, shit made me shed a tear
tl:dr of this Politico article: “Slapping down some pig shit with these fat fucks, and I'm the fattest of them all. If I died tomorrow, no one would shed a tear. Load my fricking lard carcass into the mud. No coffin…
Might have shed a tear at the angel
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(UK, Irish, slang, obsolete) To take a dram, or glass of spirits.
“None of us will shed a tear for Trump; however, it is very sad when you've installed and keep using a demented sick old man to head an office either to make fun of him and his party, or use him to protect pedophiles and thieves.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“+ his hand to her cheek. Finally being able to touch her in reality, not just in an illusion or dream, forces him to finally shed a tear, rolling down his cheek and disappearing into his luxurious beard. "I missed you so."”
— Bluesky· May 2026“#booksky Finished no longer human yesterday and damn.. What a read, more specifically the final note and epilouge, shit made me shed a tear”
— Bluesky· May 2026“tl:dr of this Politico article: “Slapping down some pig shit with these fat fucks, and I'm the fattest of them all. If I died tomorrow, no one would shed a tear. Load my fricking lard carcass into the mud. No coffin, please, just wet, wet mud... bae.””
— Bluesky· May 2026“Might have shed a tear at the angel”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(idiomatic) To have a tear released, to cry (from sadness).
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