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Shute [shoot] Examples noun
- NevilNevil Shute Norway, 1899–1960, British novelist and aeronautical engineer.
Examples from the Web for shute Historical Examples of shute
Shute was a tall fellow, of slight make and excellent spring.
Talbot Baines Reed
Secretly she was beginning to be somewhat afraid of Mr Shute.
P. G. Wodehouse
It’s out in that direction,’ said Mr Shute, pointing over his shoulder.
P. G. Wodehouse
Apparently he had struck Mr Shute, an unbiased spectator, as gloomy.
P. G. Wodehouse
The possibility of meeting Mr Shute had not occurred to Maud.
P. G. Wodehouse
British Dictionary definitions for shute Shute noun
- Nevil, real name Nevil Shute Norway. 1899–1960, English novelist, in Australia after World War II: noted for his novels set in Australia, esp A Town like Alice (1950) and On the Beach (1957)
Word Origin and History for shute n.
1790, “channel, trough,” dialectal combination of chute and shoot (n.1).