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- noun dated A
Finn , a person fromFinland .
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Examples
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But Finlander, a zealous anti-communist, is intent only on hunting a Russian nuclear sub he knows to be in the area, ultimately driving his crew past the point of no return.
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The Bedford Incident (1965) -- Reporter Ben Munceford (Sidney Poitier, by now a full-fledged star) boards a navy ship patrolling off the coast of Greenland to observe the crew's maneuvers and profile their hardened, aggressive commander, Captain Eric Finlander (Widmark).
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I even resort to guilt, swearing that my gorgeous blue eyed Finlander girlfriend (I pull a picture of her from my wallet to show the camera) will ditch me if I don't come home with SOMETHING.
the good old days impetuousme 2005
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The old Finlander that had emigrated when his own father had kicked him out of the house at eighteen.
keep the change impetuousme 2005
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We were three women, my sister, Frau von Lilly -- a born Finlander -- and the writer of the following pages.
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Although every Finlander bathes, as, indeed, they must do during their hot summers, every Finlander does not swim, and it is a remarkable thing that among the women, who go daily -- sometimes twice a day -- to the swimming bath, most of them will sit on the steps or haul themselves round by means of a rope, and never learn how to keep themselves afloat without artificial help.
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It so happened that Egther, a Finlander, was harrying the Swedes on a roving raid.
The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo
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Another peculiarity of the Finlander is that he never shakes hands.
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Will any one deny that the Finlander is inquisitive?
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These are only three instances of several, all showing the keen interest of the people that the land may be known and the Finlander a little better understood than he is by half the world to-day, who seem to imagine him to be a cross between a Laplander and an Esquimo -- instead of what he really is, a very cultured gentleman.
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