Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sensible; understanding.
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Examples
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She had been farm-servant to my mother's brother -- James Hepburn, thy great-uncle as was; she were a poor, friendless wench, a parish 'prentice, but honest and gaum-like, till
Sylvia's Lovers — Complete Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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She had been farm-servant to my mother's brother -- James Hepburn, thy great-uncle as was; she were a poor, friendless wench, a parish 'prentice, but honest and gaum-like, till
Sylvia's Lovers — Volume 2 Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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