Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
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cam . - noun An obsolete form of
came preterit ofcome .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Crooked; awry.
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- adjective obsolete
crooked ,awry
Etymologies
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Examples
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He even intimated to the master that her reading being an accomplishment that could be exercised at home was conducive to that "kam" in which he was so deficient.
Cressy Bret Harte 1869
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I have just bought some Musang King and D101 plus I-forgot-what's-its-name durian species that are both "kam" and bitter ... for my wife!!!
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"kam" and studious abstraction which had so touched the savage breast of McKinstry, was filled with the accents of youthful and unrestrained vituperation.
Cressy Bret Harte 1869
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Contrast this with Cleveland curator Wai-kam Ho's contribution to his museum's 1968 catalogue:
Lee Rosenbaum: Barbarians Tamed: The Met's Timid "Khubilai Khan" Exhibition Lee Rosenbaum 2010
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Contrast this with Cleveland curator Wai-kam Ho's contribution to his museum's 1968 catalogue:
Lee Rosenbaum: Barbarians Tamed: The Met's Timid "Khubilai Khan" Exhibition Lee Rosenbaum 2010
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Náš pokojík v tom poschodí, kam pikolík už nechodí.
May « 2010 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2010
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Náš pokojík v tom poschodí, kam pikolík už nechodí.
hana hegerovà | rozvod | for norbert « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2010
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Contrast this with Cleveland curator Wai-kam Ho's contribution to his museum's 1968 catalogue:
Lee Rosenbaum: Barbarians Tamed: The Met's Timid "Khubilai Khan" Exhibition Lee Rosenbaum 2010
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Als ob das ein in den Füßen aufgedecktes Kunstwerk des Vulkans war und als der von entlegenen Zeiten kam, wo die Schreinerwerkstatt der Beruf des Gottes war, will dieser unterhaltende Stuhl Volcanic Rock Chair uns begrüßen und unsere Aufmerksamkeit nennen.
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Contrast this with Cleveland curator Wai-kam Ho's contribution to his museum's 1968 catalogue:
Lee Rosenbaum: Barbarians Tamed: The Met's Timid "Khubilai Khan" Exhibition Lee Rosenbaum 2010
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