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  • Again, thin bbls and ceap ammo and not enough pratice is most of our problems with poor accuracy.

    When is a Rifle Not Accurate Enough? 2009

  • Again, thin bbls and ceap ammo and not enough pratice is most of our problems with poor accuracy.

    When is a Rifle Not Accurate Enough? 2009

  • So to be ceap and save 50 bucks, I installed that crap.

    To Hoard or Not to Hoard 2008

  • If he absconded and avoided the ordeal, the _borh_ was obliged to pay the _ceap-gyld_ or monetary value of the article stolen to the accuser and the fine to the lord.

    The Customs of Old England

  • It derives from the Latin word caupo, or tradesman; evolved into the noun ceap (a trade) in Old English; and came to be used in Middle English mostly in the phrase "good chepe," meaning "good bargain" or "good price."

    NPR Topics: News 2009

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