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L-SYS is for real riders, who know and rove the danger of cycring, hermet? bah, my hermet is a reather hair net with nairs pointing inward, so if I'm stupid enough to clash, I feer it.
Working for the Clampdown: The Importance of Word Choice BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Three nairs were accordingly sent to the factory, one of whom the Castilian pointed out as the King's nephew, and advised that he especially should be strictly watched.
Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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As they proceeded through a long street the crowd was so great, many among the people being Moors, with swords and shields, that it was with difficulty the Portuguese could make their way, until several nairs arrived and drove the rabble aside.
Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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When both armies approach within three arrow-flights, the king sends his bramins to the enemy by way of heralds, to challenge an hundred of them to combat against an hundred of his nairs, during which set combat both sides prepare themselves for battle.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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They asked me to show them a certain Christian, much taller and stronger than any of the others, who used every day to slay about twenty of the Mahometans, and who at one time, when assailed by fifty of the nairs, escaped unhurt.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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Besides the nairs, many of the people in these paraos are Moors.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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The nairs belonging to the Samorin or king of Calicut, which are
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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The zamorin would not at first believe the information, having conceived a good opinion of their fidelity, yet sent four of his nairs to examine into the truth of the information.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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The wages of the nairs are four _carlines_ each, monthly, in time of peace, and six during war.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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The king sometimes rides on an elephant, but at other times is carried by his nairs or nobles, and when he goes out is always followed by a numerous band of minstrels, making a prodigious noise with drums, timbrels, tambourets, and other such instruments.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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