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- noun Plural form of
almanac .
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Examples
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"Opening Oysters," is to be found in English almanacs, &c., to this day.
Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863
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Schott’s Almanac includes some categories you typically find in almanacs – state capitals, Academy Award – winners, NBA playoff results.
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These correspond rather to what we should now call almanacs, and in them the astrological element plays a much more prominent part than in the missals or horæ.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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This would do for works of only transient significance, such as almanacs, short stories, and political tracts and was indeed considerably sturdier than most of even the strongest modern bindings.
Archive 2008-02-01 Athanasius 2008
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This would do for works of only transient significance, such as almanacs, short stories, and political tracts and was indeed considerably sturdier than most of even the strongest modern bindings.
Books: Modernity's Abuse of an Art Donald Goodman 2008
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This latter distinction was construed so liberally, that it was allowed to include among periodicals all pamphlets published annually, such as almanacs, college catalogues, reports of societies, and the like.
Cheap Postage Joshua Leavitt 1833
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RefSeek's directory includes hundreds of carefully selected reference sites in categories such as almanacs, bookmarking, dictionaries, and encyclopedias.
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In 1765 Parliament passed the Stamp Act, imposing taxes on colonists for printed materials including newspapers, pamphlets, bills, legal documents, licenses, almanacs, dice, and playing cards.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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When John Adams went to a local shop or bookseller in Philadelphia, Boston, or New York, he would have seen evidence that the rabble were having more fun than he was: shelves full of sheep-gut condoms, pornographic almanacs, and various pills and potions to cure venereal disease.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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He was considering a very ambitious book proposal of mine and also looking at almanacs for children.
Monica Edinger: Anita Silvey's Book-A-Day Almanac Monica Edinger 2011
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