Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The internal auditory meatus.
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Examples
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And she walked many miles, scorning a "cyar," and found all the people she wished to see.
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He had plenty beases uv eby kin ', but den he didn' cyar 'boutn usen uv' em.
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He had plenty beases uv eby kin ', but den he didn' cyar 'boutn usen uv' em.
Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life Louise Clarke Pyrnelle 1878
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"Oh, a comfortable bachelor, past middle age; business man; Southern; just a little touch of the 'cyar' for 'car.'
Their Pilgrimage Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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"Oh, a comfortable bachelor, past middle age; business man; Southern; just a little touch of the 'cyar' for 'car.'
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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If a carriage passed by the window, Mrs. Major Gammon would be sure to tell you that there were three carriages at Molloyville, “the barouche, the chawiot, and the covered cyar.”
Mens Wives 2006
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Dere He hang, -- so -- (with arms outstretched) an 'He show me de great brightness, an' He show me de big sin on my back, black as dat cyar
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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Dere been big dawgs high as street-cyar, yassuh, high as dat street-cyar.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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You last seed me a-taking my fearsome way to the railroad; and what were the sinking of my heart when John left me thar on the cyar, words will never do jestice to; seemed like I were turnt a-loose in space, rushing I knowed not whither.
Sight to the Blind Lucy Furman
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Sally, an 'he's aimin' to cyar her off like she was a 'lasses bar'l or
Blister Jones John Taintor Foote 1915
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