Definitions
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- noun rare Sudden display; flash; glitter.
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- noun obsolete Sudden display; flash; glitter.
Etymologies
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Examples
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King, of Lenoir, offered to amend by adding to the substitute the words, "All that are in favor of universal suffrage to all male persons over twenty-one years of age, without distriction of race or color."
Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of North-Carolina, at Its Session 1868 1868 1868
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CannaPi will have a band on hand and barbequed ribs -- there will no cannabis distriction Saturday afternoon -- and hopes like any neighborhood business for friendly relations with Seattle Police Georgetown Precinct.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News By JOEL CONNELLY / SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF 2011
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There's no doubt that this is a more sober era, but that hasn't diminished Americans 'love of distriction.
Variety.com 2009
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There's no doubt that this is a more sober era, but that hasn't diminished Americans 'love of distriction.
Variety.com 2009
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