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  • noun marlins

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Examples

  • “Come, _makaira_!” called Hermippus, entering his house to summon his daughter.

    A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903

  • The suites city of the hogget papua devices makaira in a mistaking semifinalist bus revising has sued the tallgrass that arcsecond the plantae for awestricken ravenala.

    Rational Review 2009

  • “Ah, _kyria_; pardon the word, it’s overcold; _makaira_, I’d say more gladly,” Democrates was marvellously at his ease despite her frowns, “your noble father will take nothing amiss if I ask you to sit again that we may talk together.”

    A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903

  • “Ah, _makaira_, dearest and best,” he answered, looking not on the glorious citadel but on her face, “could I have won the parsley wreath had there been no better wreath awaiting me at Eleusis?

    A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903

  • “If you truly desire any other worthy man, _makaira_,” said Hermippus, once, “you shall not find me obstinate.

    A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903

  • "Now, makaira, you must do everything as I say, or we shall never get away from Pratinas.

    A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. William Stearns Davis 1903

  • "And now, oh! makaira," [128] said Agias, "I must go away for just a little while.

    A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. William Stearns Davis 1903

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