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Date: 1300-1400
Origin: slive 'to cut off thinly' (11-19 centuries), from Old English slifan

sliver

 noun
     
sliv‧er [countable]
a small pointed or thin piece that has been cut or broken off something
sliver of
a sliver of glass
a sliver of cake
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