Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leg or shank; in heraldry, the whole fore leg of a lion or any other beast. If couped or erased near the middle joint, it is then only a paw. Also
jambe .
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Examples
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Some Parkinson's disease patients with DBS have also become manic and gone on gamb ling sprees.
Using Electricity, Magnets for Mental Illness Melinda Beck 2011
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Finkbeiner endorsed the casino amendment after opposing earlier pro-gamb - ling measures.
dispatch.com: RSS 2010
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Finkbeiner endorsed the casino amendment after opposing earlier pro-gamb - ling measures.
dispatch.com: RSS 2010
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The Only reason that keeps me going there is the believe that I recover my Mny. stop gamb
News24 Top Stories 2009
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In effect, the Brenners re-interpret economic theory in terms of gamb-ling, showing how profoundly gamb-ling figures into human behavior, especially in such matters as so-called life-cycle investing.
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Think of America as a town with one cas-ino, in which the only economic activity is gamb-ling.
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Alas for the gamb-lers of America: they will tax themselves to keep the cas-ino in operation, but it will not profit them.
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Alas for the gamb-lers of America: they will tax themselves to keep the cas-ino in operation, but it will not profit them.
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The bankers enable their collective gamb-ling habit.
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The bankers enable their collective gamb-ling habit.
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