Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A very complicated Russian game, something like bridge, in which the players bid for the privilege of naming the trump, and the scores are for various combinations held, for under and over tricks, honors, etc. It is very common for the windings or losings on one hand to run over 20,000 points.
- To make or prepare, as wine.
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Etymologies
- Borrowing from Russian винт (vint, literally "screw"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The slang term vint for 'hard drive' is apparently from Winchester, "the name of one of the first popular hard disk drive technologies developed by IBM in 1973.”
“Alguns poemes com el nmero cinc de Catul, del que recordo una magnfica traducci al castell dErnesto Cardenal - que no he tornat the trobar - o, vint segles desprs, E.E. Cummings, Lady of Silence”
“On October 24th, 2009 at 10: 54 pm, vint 55 wrote:”
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“Les collègues de John se sont mis à l'appeler "la vieille dame de John Wagner", ce qui en anglais peut aussi signifier "la moitié de John Wagner", de sorte que John en vint à redouter de sérieux ennuis avec sa femme.”
“I would add bram cohen, vint cerf, danny sullivan, to just name a few.”
“June 25, 2008 at 2:53 pm jk2kitteh needs teh CHRG splort pre vint her!”
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“Aiz bowt CCC wif teh CHRGwdoi to pree vint the splortij!”
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“Soudain, il me vint à l'idée d'offrir à la justice divine, pour les âmes du purgatoire, ... toutes mes sueurs d'angoisse.”
“Celui-ci vint en témoignage, pour rendre témoignage à la lumière, afin que tous crussent par lui:”
“Les Manufactures d'Indiennes, si communes à Marseilles qu'on y voit partout les ouvriers travailler dans les rues, attirerent mes regards, & c'est là d'où me vint l'idée de tenter d'imprimer les tableaux dans le même gout.”
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