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There is a technique common in functional programming languages called currying, named after the logician Haskell Curry, as are the Haskell and Curry programming languages.
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"Currying," for method of preparing and dressing leather, and Ure's Dictionary of Arts. "Method of tanning.
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Currying no favor with the digerati, Andrea argues (and I agree) that the decline of news organizations is bad for democracy and that it's unlikely that blogs and online specialty sites will rise to replace the full gamut of professional journalism.
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Currying favour with Charles Clarke has already reached £405.
Archive 2007-12-16 2007
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Currying favour with Charles Clarke has already reached £405.
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Currying favor with anti-Castro constituents in Miami appears to trump the president's anti-terrorism principles.
September 2004 2004
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Currying favors ranging from planted propaganda stories in his paper to raising billions for the right Moon helped amplified much of the extremism of the neoconservative movement.
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Currying favors ranging from planted propaganda stories in his paper to raising billions for the right Moon helped amplified much of the extremism of the neoconservative movement. '
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Currying favor with someone means trying to ingratiate oneself by fawning over that person: The ambassador curried favor with the dictator by praising his construction projects.
curry favor 2002
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Tawing, Currying, Finishing and Dyeing of every kind of Leather; including the various Raw Materials and the Methods for Determining their Values; the Tools, Machines, and all Details of Importance connected with an Intelligent and Profitable Prosecution of the
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Joshua Rose
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