Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tumor; also, a defect.
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- noun A
tumour , often accompanied by inflammation;pustule ;varicose vein ;pus ;atter . - noun A
defect orflaw , especially in cloth.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Alhoewel dit darem al Woensdag is more so die week is amper verby.
janedoe0 Diary Entry janedoe0 2007
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Your defensive operation is wrong in a number of ways, amper.
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Also the post is a bit misleading, the anti-tax website says there is $11billion of pork in the transportation bill, not all pork in government spending which amper did make clear.
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Also the post is a bit misleading, the anti-tax website says there is $11billion of pork in the transportation bill, not all pork in government spending which amper did make clear.
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Current Music: amper won't tell me this songs name.5 gunslingers | crown me king
mordicai: crown me king! mordicai 2002
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Hierdie deel van ons land vertoon in sy samestelling 'n rykdom van verskeidenheid, amper gelyk aan die van die nasie.
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE SA FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATIONS 1997
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Pres Mandela kan 20 keer Japan toe gaan, en weer sy onvertaalde toespraak by die huis vergeet; niemand bele in 'n land met amper 50% maatskappy-belasting en ongedissiplineerde vakbonde nie.
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'Tisn't all of us would care to go 'crost the ocean among the cannibals and take the King of Hingerland in a' amper.
Aladdin of London or, Lodestar Max Pemberton 1906
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'Ere I be, innercent as a lamb, an' 'ere you be, lost all o' your top 'amper an' out o 'your reckonin', run me foul an 'goin' to rake me into 'ell-fire.
The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke Jack London 1896
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"You must be 'ungry," observed Mr. Jorrocks, with great politeness to the lady, "after all your exertions," as the latter stood mopping herself with a coarse linen handkerchief -- "pray, James, bring your partner to our 'amper, and let me offer her some refreshment," which was one word for the Sunflower and two for himself, the sea breeze having made Mr. Jorrocks what he called "unkimmon peckish."
Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities Robert Smith Surtees 1833
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