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  • noun Plural form of ormer.

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Examples

  • He carried on his head, as a fishwife carries a tray of ormers, a basket full of flagons of muscadella; and he did not lower the basket when he was shown into the room where the Seigneur of Rozel was sitting before a trencher of spiced veal and a great pot of ale.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Rolling a piece of spiced meat in his hand, he stuffed it into his mouth and chewed till the grease came out of his eyes, and took eagerly from a servant a flagon of malmsey and a dish of ormers.

    Michel and Angele — Volume 1 Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Rolling a piece of spiced meat in his hand, he stuffed it into his mouth and chewed till the grease came out of his eyes, and took eagerly from a servant a flagon of malmsey and a dish of ormers.

    Michel and Angele — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Rolling a piece of spiced meat in his hand, he stuffed it into his mouth and chewed till the grease came out of his eyes, and took eagerly from a servant a flagon of malmsey and a dish of ormers.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • He carried on his head, as a fishwife carries a tray of ormers, a basket full of flagons of muscadella; and he did not lower the basket when he was shown into the room where the Seigneur of Rozel was sitting before a trencher of spiced veal and a great pot of ale.

    Michel and Angele — Volume 1 Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Pyramide -- the hospitable base of the statue of King George II -- fishwives called the merits of their conger-eels and ormers; and the clatter of a thousand sabots made the Vier Marchi sound like a ship-builder's yard.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • He carried on his head, as a fishwife carries a tray of ormers, a basket full of flagons of muscadella; and he did not lower the basket when he was shown into the room where the Seigneur of

    Michel and Angele — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • II -- fishwives called the merits of their conger-eels and ormers; and the clatter of a thousand sabots made the Vier Marchi sound like a ship-builder's yard.

    The Battle of the Strong — Complete A Romance of Two Kingdoms Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Pyramide -- the hospitable base of the statue of King George II -- fishwives called the merits of their conger-eels and ormers; and the clatter of a thousand sabots made the Vier Marchi sound like a ship-builder's yard.

    The Battle of the Strong — Volume 2 A Romance of Two Kingdoms Gilbert Parker 1897

  • "Oh well, I found the mushrooms, coming home, and they were worth a pailful of ormers."

    Pearl of Pearl Island John Oxenham 1896

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