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  • noun Plural form of ing.

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  • And every­one who’s hawk­ing their stuff out of our build­ings is behind on their lease.

    The End of the Internet « Snarkmarket 2005

  • A noble park with splendid oak-trees, and containing 300 head of deer, stretched away to the north, while on the south side were the ruins of the old Nunnery, the flower-garden, and the low meadows called ings extending to the banks of the Wharfe.

    Andrew Marvell Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933 1905

  • In fact, earnings multiple, the MSCI Emerging Market Morgan Stanley Smith Barney for 2010, we see more potential in the emerg - Index is at 13, based on expected 2010 earn - ing markets than in many developed equity ings, which is in line with its historical average. markets.

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  • And is the OE-sounding 'ings' ending a coincidence, or much later convention?

    Cynddylan Carla 2009

  • "Well'm, well'm, I dare say you's had more spurrience in dese hyer t'ings 'n I is, but dat ston certain'y did strike ma heart.

    Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home

  • First we've got to hear what they say, and if the saying isn't to our liking, as I'm thinking it won't be, then it's ripping and roaring and clawing and all the other 'ings' to our taste as long as we can stand it. "

    The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty 1890

  • Many panelists opined that proceed - ings would be unaffected as long as a presiding judge exercised tight control over his or her courtroom.

    Sui Generis--a New York law blog: 2009

  • Many panelists opined that proceed - ings would be unaffected as long as a presiding judge exercised tight control over his or her courtroom.

    It's Not a Perfect System, But it Works 2009

  • After almost two years of talking about it, planning, reconsidering, debating, exercising, packing, buying, and many, many more “ings” this is the morning I leave for Nepal!!

    Off To Nepal! » Dave Brosha Photography 2009

  • It's this idea that staring at the paint ings would make certain people feel like they become part of the painting.

    The Walking Ghost of Old America Steve Dollar 2010

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