Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The ichneumon.
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- noun zoology, archaic The
ichneumon , or Egyptian mongoose.
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Examples
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I buy prepared Chicken Yassa, a specialty of Senegal, at the weekend market and Vietnamese restaurants serving bo-bun or beef Luc-Lac are as common as MacDonald's; my sons will ask for nems for lunch as easily as a grilled cheese sandwich, just another everyday treat.
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And as sure as I am sitting here, couscous, accras and nems have indeed spiced up the French national pantry.
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M.J.J. and billy and steve meh favrite celebrty since wuz fiyve and otters hoo nems i furgets. oh, and ceesr milan owns and rules so if ceeling cat furbid hee joins him i wus always a fan jus liek o thees guyz p. s. billeh dyed dayee aftrr i firrst sao hees show
Thriller kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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“Chinese” but really Vietnamese restaurants, and vietnamese restaurants that use frozen ‘nems’.
The View From Paris, Part One - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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I would love to regale you with tales of drinking a bottle of 1995 Dom Perignon with nems, sooo classy but am feeling a little delicate, and busy, and tired.
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Many coot men has to porrow nems of teir neighpours.
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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An elegant space with exposed brick walls and a long banquette, it serves spicy, fragrant dishes like nems, spring rolls stuffed with vermicelli ($6), and thiébou djeun, a popular West African dish with kingfish, jasmine rice, tomato sauce, carrots and cabbage ($15).
NYT > Travel 2010
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Elle vend des produits alimentaires comme les nems, des beignets et des fatayas qu'elle prépare elle-même.
Kiva Loans 2010
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November 4, 2008 at 9:05 am mmm *mowf ful ob emme nems* sabe sum for me, plzkthx. ifinkso teh peanut budder iz being a mostly amerkin tayste, mebbe peeplse (an pinny gigs) frum ovver contrees like TTI (taht’s teeny tiny ingerland) mebbee not haz teh tayst for it.
Bob we gots teh talk - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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All that following week, just days before I would return to Phoenix, Jean-Marc and I would rendez-vous for drinks at Le Grillon along Aix’s historic tree-lined Cours Mirabeau and share spring rolls or nems at a Chinese restaurant tucked into a quiet quarter of the city Cézanne once called home.
Words in a French Life Kristin Espinasse 2007
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