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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A common name for white-poplar wood, used for toys, etc.

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Examples

  • Toddlers get hooked on PBS, can manipulate a mouse like breathing air, and can work the 'aps' on an iPhone better than we can.

    Kari Henley: Detox Your Kids from Screen Addiction 2010

  • Toddlers get hooked on PBS, can manipulate a mouse like breathing air, and can work the 'aps' on an iPhone better than we can.

    Kari Henley: Detox Your Kids from Screen Addiction 2010

  • "I alw'ys thought per'aps 'e was what we call in England a man of colour,' imself, sir."

    The Bronze Bell Louis Joseph Vance 1906

  • "Pr'aps 'twould be better not," said Joe, "but I daresay we're safe enough."

    The Dog Crusoe and his Master 1859

  • 'We are encouraging them to download "aps" and share this with us and other students - the children that feedback the most constructive data will be given more iTunes vouchers that they can spend how they like.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • 'We are encouraging them to download "aps" and share this with us and other students - the children that feedback the most constructive data will be given more iTunes vouchers that they can spend how they like.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • 'We are encouraging them to download "aps" and share this with us and other students - the children that feedback the most constructive data will be given more iTunes vouchers that they can spend how they like.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • Thirty pupils at Gumley House Convent School in West London have been given the latest devices topped-up with £15 credit to buy software or 'aps' to help them learn.

    Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news 2009

  • Thirty pupils at Gumley House Convent School in West London have been given the latest devices topped-up with £15 credit to buy software or 'aps' to help them learn.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009

  • 'We are encouraging them to download "aps" and share this with us and other students - the children that feedback the most constructive data will be given more iTunes vouchers that they can spend how they like.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

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  • A common name for white-poplar wood, used for toys, etc. --Century Dictionary.

    April 13, 2011