Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A substance (C13H12N2O) derived from harmaline by oxidation, or directly from the seeds of Peganum Harmala.
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Examples
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Iz okay to brake a promise if keeping it meens harmin kitteh.
kittehs help wif science - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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"Now, I don't know what she was plannin 'to do with him-she was carryin' me gun, though I can't believe she'd go harmin 'the old man-but she got a stroke of luck, what with Mr. Harvey mistakin' her for the ghost of his wife."
The Lunatic Fringe DeAndrea, William L. 1980
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If you be good whose ever place you lives on would keep 'em from harmin you.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Work Projects Administration
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Don't she earn her money honest, without harmin 'anybody but herself?
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We hoped in the excitement to get off without harmin 'any of Uncle
Pardners Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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There they were, livin 'a quiet, peaceful life, harmin' nobody, and bing! they wake up some mornin 'and find themselves homeless.
Yollop George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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Don't she earn her money honest, without harmin 'anybody but herself?
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise David Graham Phillips 1889
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Ye might hit up a little on the Pinto hoss -- he ain't harmin 'ye.
Jeff Briggs's Love Story Bret Harte 1869
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D. was leadin" his milk cow home he spots this rattler alongside the road, not harmin" anybody and tendin" its nineteen baby rattlers.
Centennial Michener, James 1974
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"Bedad," said he unflinchingly, "the banshees, sure, the saints presairve the good people from harmin 'us!
Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy John B. [Illustrator] Greene
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