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Early Latin had the word testa ` a jug 'which became a Roman slang word for ` the head' and eventually the standard word for the organ in several Romance tongues.

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  1. verb Past tense and past participle of have.

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  • Cavour had the French words turned into good Italian by a literary friend (for he always misdoubted his own grammar); one or two expressions were changed; “humanity” was left out. —  Cavour
  • Early Latin had the word testa ` a jug 'which became a Roman slang word for ` the head' and eventually the standard word for the organ in several Romance tongues. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 4
  • I squeezed with all my remaining strength, mumbling half-coherent pleas. —  Nine Princes In Amber
  • All Ehomba had was a spear and two swords, and while they rode the backs of the dolphins, those devices rode high and secure against the southerner's back. —  Carnivores of Light and Darkness
  • He said recently this had is an unprecedented economic crisis and he said very frankly that the news is not good. —  CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2009
 

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