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- noun Plural form of
four . - noun poker slang A pair of
fours .
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Examples
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I prefer to use loads much like Dave described in the manner of heavy fours from a Benelli SBE or Browning O/U.
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Also, we are making a kind of postage stamp border - a double row of 1 squares, which we are putting together in fours to start, so I might do some of those as well.
Early Blogging katelnorth 2008
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The blocks aren't completely sewn together - but they are in fours and sixes, so it won't take long.
A pair (one is spare!) katelnorth 2007
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The blocks aren't completely sewn together - but they are in fours and sixes, so it won't take long.
Archive 2007-09-01 katelnorth 2007
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I can't quite grasp the idea behind spending what the average American earns in fours years on a gun that will break your collar bone whenever you shoot it.
Just for Kicks 2006
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The last time I visited London they were roaming the street like gangs in threes and fours, is that still the case? on August 25, 2006 at 3: 29 pm | Reply Tash
Because we want to. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006
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In the time lapses, they often seem to travel in fours, and I have seen that on the webcams as well.
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The Inscrutable Chinese Spam comes in fours, foretelling an imminent loss in communication!
How The Media Makes Us Stupid ytaya 2004
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On their arrival at the terminus the men were told off in fours, and with the greatest facility — the system having been initiated by the late General Torrens — the train started at eight o'clock with its gallant burden; so that the entire battalion, each man carrying his rifle and a cooked ration, left quarters and started by railway to their destination within half an hour.
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Some women -- even size fours, which is the 'healthy' size model (zero is de rigeur in the high fashion world) I requested in my work -- have tiny waists and bigger hips, some have no hips, some have flat chests, some have D-cup breasts.
"Fashion's Aesthetic Should Enhance and Beautify the Human Form, Not Destroy It." 2010
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