Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lady's girdle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A woman's girdle; a cestus.
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- noun obsolete A
woman 'sgirdle ; acestus .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Peter Sciretta the talent pool available, most are already employed by the other companies in town, and it is easier to start in a place full of talent but with little competition for employment zapan669 parlez francais un peu, cest un film francais bon sang de bonsoueeere asianrage
/Film Visits Illumination Entertainment and the Editing Room of Despicable Me | /Film 2010
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We have been manipulated into losing family values and cummunity cohesion, as these would be the cest defence against what will soon come about.
“Ruralshire Constabulary to get TASER on the front line” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Everyone needs quality healthcare, just as everyone needs to drink water and eat, you may have to eat less if you have less, and you may only get to see a doctor a few times vs every time you sniffle, cest la vie.
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This produced a negative image of her that I don't think is accurate, but cest l'avis, this is politics.
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According to some, not all Muslim countries we are 'Bad People' but if we are so 'bad' then we should just say cest la vie when something happens and let the people in need fend for themselves.
Weary Haitians face another day of searching in quake's aftermath 2010
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Indeed, the fundamental problem with you is that you read the principal "La etat, cest moi" into American law, when it appears nowhere in our Constitution or our traditions.
Balkinization 2007
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Indeed, the fundamental problem with you is that you read the principal "La etat, cest moi" into American law, when it appears nowhere in our Constitution or our traditions.
Balkinization 2007
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Indeed, the fundamental problem with you is that you read the principal "La etat, cest moi" into American law, when it appears nowhere in our Constitution or our traditions.
Balkinization 2007
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Interesting back and forth between cest moi and Larry: I think there is an analysis that synthesizes both of your points.
Hillary Demands Bush Clarify Position On Military Draft 2009
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PS – Anything that ends in ‘cest’ is too dirty for this blog.
Ann Aguirre » Blog Archive » Doubleblind Countdown Celebration-wk 2 2009
hernesheir commented on the word cest
Better a cest than a cestode.
November 2, 2011