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- noun Plural form of
health .
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Examples
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From whence in healths full tide they gaily fail'd,
Effects of War Pacificus 1793
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Their joy was so great "when they saw the English colours upon the castle, that they minded not their way into the river," being gathered at the rum cask instead of at the lead, and calling healths instead of soundings.
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. John Masefield 1922
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Wild-wearer called healths to the Sun, and the Moon, and the Hosts of
The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale William Morris 1865
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They went in at the bar of the tavern, and desired a private room and wine and cards, and when the drawer had brought these, they began to drink and call healths, and as long as the servants were in the room appeared very friendly.
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They went in at the bar of the tavern, and desired a private room and wine and cards, and when the drawer had brought these, they began to drink and call healths, and as long as the servants were in the room appeared very friendly.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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That you may all enjoy your healths is the constant petition of
Letter from Robert Carter to Mann Page, October 7, 1718 1718
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But toasts before this event happened were called healths; you were drinking to someone's health.
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Not many minutes also elapsed without our having a regular fusillade of bottles of champagne of some unknown brand, and "healths" were drunk of distant friends and relatives.
Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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Dickhead Dick Armey, form TX, does chide, and deal diatribes on, the destitutes who have no insurance, by saying they eat like pigs and do not care about their healths.
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It is not just banks' holdings of government bonds that are important, but also the way governments have stepped in to support banks, making their healths inextricably linked.
Health tests on ailing banks pile more pressure on euro 2011
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