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  • noun Plural form of cant.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cant.

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Examples

  • Time to stuff a boot in the ass of the Republi'cants 'and take this one back for the working man.

    kemo666 Diary Entry kemo666 2004

  • As long as the Republi "cants" or the Democ "rats" run this country, we'll never have a 3rd party president.

    kemo666 Diary Entry kemo666 2004

  • I agree but isn't "sad, witless and clueless, leftover republi'cants 'a case of excessive redundancy?

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • I agree but isn't "sad, witless and clueless, leftover republi'cants 'a case of excessive redundancy?

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • I agree but isn't "sad, witless and clueless, leftover republi'cants 'a case of excessive redundancy?

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • I agree but isn't "sad, witless and clueless, leftover republi'cants 'a case of excessive redundancy?

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • I agree but isn't "sad, witless and clueless, leftover republi'cants 'a case of excessive redundancy?

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • I agree but isn't "sad, witless and clueless, leftover republi'cants 'a case of excessive redundancy?

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • The sets, imported from Glyndebourne opera, are chillingly spare: A huge set of French doors cants and spins on a hoist above the stage, gigantic dead branches descend and ascend, and a merry-go-round of furniture and gravesites appear and disappear.

    Marc Porter Zasada: Opera: Brilliant Turn of the Screw Ends L.A. Season Marc Porter Zasada 2011

  • The sets, imported from Glyndebourne opera, are chillingly spare: A huge set of French doors cants and spins on a hoist above the stage, gigantic dead branches descend and ascend, and a merry-go-round of furniture and gravesites appear and disappear.

    Marc Porter Zasada: Opera: Brilliant Turn of the Screw Ends L.A. Season Marc Porter Zasada 2011

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