Usually means: Hiding embarrassment with false confidence.
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  1. cover-shame: Merriam-Webster
  2. cover-shame: Wordnik
  3. cover-shame: Wiktionary
  4. Cover-shame: Dictionary.com
  5. Cover-shame: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. cover-shame: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Cover-shame: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. cover-shame: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. cover-shame: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Cover-shame: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (cover-shame)

noun:  (obsolete) Something used to conceal infamy.
noun:  A plant, savin (Juniperus sabina), which was historically used as both a contraceptive and to induce abortions.

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