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- noun Plural form of
driving .
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Nice story, a welcome relief from the recent run of drunk drivings, gym shootings, corrupt Jersey politicians and Jon & Kate plus 8 stories.
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MAMAN YU KNOWZ I OWNLY DOEZ AT HOMEZ WIF YU ADN DADY wen yu letz meh and i nawt goin owt oar drivings oar nuffingz aims sew shure, wy i would do dat. yu hab maybe sum cookees oar gushees oar dumfeengz, ai hundrees frum tenys nau.
momcat… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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He ran up a string of three drunk drivings and two assault-with-a-deadly-weapon beefs.
My Dark Places Ellroy, James, 1948- 1996
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He had no loyalties then, no friends and, if evil possessed him, then it was a pure, brilliant evil, untaint - ed by human drivings.
The Bane of The Black Sword Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977
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He had no loyalties then, no friends and, if evil possessed him, then it was a pure, brilliant evil, untaint - ed by human drivings.
The Bane of the Black Sword Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977
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And so, one forenoon, at eleven or so, Raymond, after some self-drivings, reached the bank; by appointment, as he understood.
On the Stairs Henry B. Fuller
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Each saw plainly a happy, care-free young earth girl, upon her first trip into space, locked inside an ether-wall with an over-brained, under-conscienced human machine -- a super-intelligent but lecherous and unmoral mechanism of flesh and blood, acknowledging no authority, ruled by nothing save his own scientific drivings and the almost equally powerful urges of his desires and passions!
Triplanetary 1927
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The actual seizure of the captives -- Moors and Negroes -- along the coast of Guinea, was as barbarous and as ruthless as most slave-drivings.
Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. C. Raymond Beazley 1911
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The half-invalid older woman breakfasted in her own room and occupied herself with quiet readings and sewings and drivings, but when she did appear on the family horizon, it was always as a beneficent presence.
Jewel Weed Alice Ames Winter 1904
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In spite of persecution both mobocratic and judicially sanctioned, in spite of assaults, drivings, and slaughter, the Church has developed with marvelous rapidity and strength since the day of its organization.
Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897
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