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- noun Any of a class of
fibrous proteins found inpilus structures inbacteria .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But lo and behold! come to pry into things, and look about and find out, as the poet sez, that wuzn't a real ship a-sailin 'round, as it looked like, but it wuz built up on what they call pilin' -- jest as if Josiah should stick sticks up on the edge of the creek, and build a hen-house on 'em, or anything.
Samantha at the World's Fair Marietta Holley 1881
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We use ter watch the steamers, and the 'hathis "pilin'"teak.
When the Birds Begin to Sing Harold Piffard
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Then we got the dish-pan an 'tried layin' Elijah face down across it an 'pilin' books on his back to keep the right place in front soakin ', but even that didn't help.
Susan Clegg and a Man in the House Anne Warner 1891
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It made my very bones ache to think o 'pilin' them eight children 'n' the minister on top o 'father,' n 'then the next night it was a good jump out to that farm, f'r I never was one to know any species o' fellow-feelin 'with pigs' n 'milkin'.
Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop Anne Warner 1891
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So in this way they continually met, and made the most awful and roarin 'pilin' up of waves that ever was known.
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So in this way they continually met, and made the most awful and roarin 'pilin' up of waves that ever was known.
The Magic Egg and Other Stories Frank Richard Stockton 1868
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"Dey gits dirty ag'in right off, an 'den you got ter wash 'em ovuh ag'in; it 's jes' pilin 'up wuk what don' fetch in nuffin '.
The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays 1895
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Meanwhile, Sarah Palin is wading back into the warm bowels of victimhood, whining that everyone's pilin 'on about her steppin' down.
Susan J. Demas: If Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm Had Resigned Instead of Sarah Palin 2009
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But moar dan da lawndree wuz pilin upp in dat nawtee barn…
Monorail Cat derails after - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I was walkin 'home when I saw these jokers pilin' into you.
Myth-Nomers And Im-Pervections Asprin, Robert 1987
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