Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See corrie.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A hollow in the side of a hill, where game usually lies.

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  • noun Plural form of correus.

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  • Ao abrir a minha caixa de correi, esta manhã, deparei com esta triste notícia: o Megamail, o mais antigo servidor de e-mail gratuito português, vai encerrar os servidores, e passar a ser uma memória do espaço digital português.

    O Fim do Megamail Artur 2005

  • They were sitting together in the moon -- in the correi on the side of the hill over the village.

    What's Mine's Mine — Volume 2 George MacDonald 1864

  • They were sitting together in the moon -- in the correi on the side of the hill over the village.

    What's Mine's Mine — Complete George MacDonald 1864

  • But the number of the accomplices (correi) in such a deed might happen to be so great that the state, in resolving to be without such criminals, would be in danger of soon also being deprived of subjects.

    The Science of Right 1790

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