masheen

plural masheens · alternative machine

1. Simplified or sensational spelling of machine.

   One day Mr. Magilacutty wanted to build a potato masheen.

   1982, Robert E. Newman, Reading, Writing, and Self-esteem (Education), Prentice-Hall, page 195

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   Tha'd better pin thi slops first or else they'll happen catch t' masheen an' throw thi off.

   1902, Arthur Smith, The Doin's o' Jim o' Doads: Sketches of Lancashire Life, Nelson, Coulton, page 9

   This is the second purpose of the great masheen that we have directed for so many years without any knowledge of why.

   1993, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, The Hand of Chaos (Sci-fi), Bantam, →ISBN, page 464

   … and has brought with him a sewing masheen such as I never saw before in my life although I have heard of them, a big masheen glittering with knobs ...

   1994, Janet Frame, Intensive Care, Digitized edition (Fiction), George Braziller, published 2008, →ISBN, page 283

   The "Masheen": The Wool Carding Machine Comes to New England

   2002, Paul E. Rivard, A New Order of Things: How the Textile Industry Transformed New England, UPNE, →ISBN, page 15

   A new Chehalis business is offering old-school entertainment. Time Masheen Arcade, which opened at 570 N. Market Blvd. on Saturday, has more than 20 classic arcade games, including such hits as Frogger, Pac-Man and Dig Dug.

   2012 May 23, Amy Nile, “Time Masheen Arcade Opens in Chehalis”, in The Chronicle, Lewis County, WA