sam

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Yeah, and maybe you can clarify whether sam is a clown or a clone of some former world-war-two leader.

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  1. A variant of same.
  2. To bring together; collect; put in order. But samme oure men and make a schowte, So schall we beste yone foolis flaye. York Plays, p. 468.
  3. To curdle (milk). Halliwell. [Provincial English]
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  • Yeah, and maybe you can clarify whether sam is a clown or a clone of some former world-war-two leader. —  MRZine.org
  • Jim Douglas has said he does not support the sam-sex marriage bill. —  CNN.com
  • Opened in August 2008, 8Q sam is a contemporary art space with fresh, multi-disciplinary, interactive and community oriented programming; a place where the public can directly experience the work and ideas of living artists, and in relation to its aesthetic and social context. —  Art Knowledge News
  • With regard to parrot spam and sam, am I to infer that this is the one and same collective?
  • We need 3 against fats sam, should try and rob some players off him first —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. from Middle English sammen, samnen, somnen, from Anglo-Saxon samnian, gesamnian (= Old Saxon samnōn = Middle Dutch samelen, Dutch zamelen = OFries. samena, somnia = Middle Low German samenen, samelen, sammen, samen = Old High German samanōn, Middle High German samenen, samen, German sammeln = Icelandic samna = Swedish samla = Danish samle), collect, gather, bring together, from samen, together: see same.
  2. Origin uncertain; cf. sam.
 

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