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Definitions

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  • adverb conjunctive Eye dialect spelling of for instance.
  • noun informal Example.

Etymologies

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Eye dialect spelling of for instance.

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Examples

  • So ... what's the chance of people in, oh, say, f'rinstance AUSTRALIA being able to get these minicomixthingies?

    Now, Here's the Thing... Roger Langridge 2010

  • Kennedy resisted calls for force (just as Obama has done - Mark Levin has repeatedly called Obama weak for not, f'rinstance, actually raining down nukes on the hometown of the Somali pirates).

    More work on the Cory Doctorow painting frankwu 2009

  • I had a million fears because of the previews - f'rinstance, why does Kirk fight with Spock?

    Star Trek - wow! frankwu 2009

  • The main problem with the film is the same as we had in, f'rinstance, "Batman Returns" (the second Tim Burton Batman movie, the one with the Penguin).

    Takashi model frankwu 2009

  • PS: what they should really do is not swap Polly with a dinner lady but swap a columnist with ... me f'rinstance.

    Are You A Communitarian ? Newmania 2008

  • Obama's church - United Church of Christ - is being investigated by the IRS because, you know, non-profit church organizations aren't supposed to be involved in politics, including, f'rinstance, having Presidential candidates speak.

    Need a job this summer? You could be Larry Craig's intern frankwu 2008

  • The worker dinos need some straps, f'rinstance, to keep from falling off the statue.

    More Guidolon production art! frankwu 2008

  • I wonder, f'rinstance, if Rasul Bogiev's Bronze in judo might somehow reinforce the notion that his country, Tagikistan, could be doing better.

    The most famous woman in all of Thailand frankwu 2008

  • He's pointed me to a fair amount of cool stuff I've really enjoyed f'rinstance, and has proven a reliably interesting interlocutor.

    Archive 2009-01-25 2009

  • Lots of revelations, such as, f'rinstance, the blathering twaddle about glaciers suddenly receding in places like Mt.

    Global warming on hold.... GayandRight 2009

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