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It is the usage that makes it work. Their child is a shut away is pretty clear similar usage not uncommon in America.
by m0llusk 7y ago
It is the usage that makes it work. Their child is a shut away is pretty clear similar usage not uncommon in America.
- kazinator 7y agoIs there a psychologist in America who is understood to have coined "shut in" or "shut away"?
- Dylan16807 7y agoI couldn't name the specific person, but someone did. The words "shut in" didn't always have that meaning; etymonline says it happened around 1904. Without that you could be "shut in", but that just meant you were inside something with the door shut. It didn't have long-term or social implications.