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  • noun Plural form of eschewer.

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  • To lead a totally feminist existence, we would have to move to some deserted island and lead a subsistence-geared life, solely in the company of our fellow eschewers of the great phallus.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Renee 2009

  • To lead a totally feminist existence, we would have to move to some deserted island and lead a subsistence-geared life, solely in the company of our fellow eschewers of the great phallus.

    A “feminist wedding” is an oxymoron Renee 2009

  • These saloon entertainments occupied a neutral ground, upon which eschewers of theatrical delights could meet with the abetters of play-house amusements, -- a consideration of ruling importance in Pittsburg, where so many of the sterling population carry with them to this day, by legitimate inheritance, the stanch old Cameronian fidelity to Presbyterian creed and practice.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Various

  • Yet I found them, in many cases, very agreeable and intelligent companions, with less nonsense about them than landsmen usually have, eschewers of fine-spun theories, delighting in square and tangible ideas, but occasionally infested with prejudices that stuck to their brains like barnacles to a ship's bottom.

    Our Old Home A Series of English Sketches A Series of English Sketches Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

  • Still, the idea seems to be finding its footing here - beauty blogs and message boards are abuzz with 'poo eschewers, and some stylists say more of their clients are asking about it.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2009

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