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- noun Plural form of
fanner .
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Examples
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Despite the temptation to join the grief-stricken chorus of blame, I do not believe that flame-fanners and spleen-suppliers like Sarah Palin, et al., are responsible for the tragic events in Tucson.
Randall Amster: First Amendment Remedies: Hey, Sarah, Refudiate This Randall Amster 2011
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The victorious but spent fanners and craftsfolk retreated through the shattered gate to the fringe of the forest, leaving the terminal cleansing of the monastery to the rampaging pit bull-bull.
The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010
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"Wee embers were fanned into an inferno by skilled flame-fanners and the professionally offended."
"Wee embers were fanned into an inferno by skilled flame-fanners and the professionally offended." Ann Althouse 2007
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Wee embers were fanned into an inferno by skilled flame-fanners and the professionally offended.
"Wee embers were fanned into an inferno by skilled flame-fanners and the professionally offended." Ann Althouse 2007
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"Wee embers were fanned into an inferno by skilled flame-fanners and the professionally offended."
Archive 2007-11-01 Ann Althouse 2007
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Althouse: "Wee embers were fanned into an inferno by skilled flame-fanners and the professionally offended."
"Wee embers were fanned into an inferno by skilled flame-fanners and the professionally offended." Ann Althouse 2007
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Chapter 51 1. Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; 2. And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
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Chapter 51 1. Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; 2. And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
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I could hardly drag one foot after the other, and my heart was beating like the fanners of a mill, I had spasms of acute sickness, and it took all my resolution to keep me from lying down by the roadside.
Prester John 2005
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BRYANT KING, FORMER CONTRACT PHYSICIAN AT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: ... and realized, there were no more fanners; there were no more nurses admins -- checking blood sugars or blood pressures.
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