Definitions
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- noun The gathering
ormers ; ormer-collecting.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"And ormering in Grande Grève," laughed Miss Penny, who had spent a day there on that alluring pursuit and had come home bruised and wet and dirty.
Pearl of Pearl Island John Oxenham 1896
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Well, suppose we say ormering then, if congering's too lively.
Pearl of Pearl Island John Oxenham 1896
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Dave Hubert, 55, punctured his stomach while ormering on Monday when he fell on a spike from an upturned oyster table near Houmet Paradis.
This Is Guernsey 2010
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But -- Well, it's a bad leg anyway, and she won't go ormering or anything else for a good long time to come. "
Pearl of Pearl Island John Oxenham 1896
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And the doctor eyed him curiously for a moment, and then said, "Well, she says she hurt her leg ormering, slipped on a rock and got the hook in it.
Pearl of Pearl Island John Oxenham 1896
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