<P> Although the Oxford English Dictionary says the expression `` shiver my timbers '' probably first appeared in a published work by Frederick Marryat called Jacob Faithful ( 1835 ) , the phrase actually appeared in print as early as 1795 , in a serial publication called `` Tomahawk , or Censor General '' , which gives an `` extract of a new MS tragedy called ' Opposition ' . '' In the words of the `` old sailor '' : </P>
<P> Although the Oxford English Dictionary says the expression `` shiver my timbers '' probably first appeared in a published work by Frederick Marryat called Jacob Faithful ( 1835 ) , the phrase actually appeared in print as early as 1795 , in a serial publication called `` Tomahawk , or Censor General '' , which gives an `` extract of a new MS tragedy called ' Opposition ' . '' In the words of the `` old sailor '' : </P>
where does the phrase shiver me timbers come from
where does the phrase shiver me timbers come from
as early as 1795 , in a serial publication called `` Tomahawk , or Censor General ''
as early as 1795 , in a serial publication called `` Tomahawk , or Censor General ''