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  • noun Plural form of prise.

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Examples

  • UPDATE: Anonalogue didn't bother sending either "prises" or even an icon.

    I figured out Candace 2005

  • 'E don't come no s'prises' ere while I'm master of the _Saucy Sally_! "

    Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Various

  • He prises her mouth open wide with his fingers, and all he finds is empty space.

    Exorcism Roberta Lawson 2010

  • When you write, or when Hannah writes, tell us your adventures, your walks, and your prises of provisions &c, and how many sweethearts you get; but that perhaps you will keep to yourselves.

    Letter 167 2009

  • Where companies arent allowed to hijack artists money and raise consumer prises to line there wallets.

    Sweden loses The Pirate Bay case 2009

  • He prises her legs apart with his fists and all he finds is a waiting space, an opened space.

    Exorcism Roberta Lawson 2010

  • Your prises as to provisions are much like ours therefore as you must have provision if at home, the real weekly expence which may be term'd extra is your lodging and coals which at 16s pr week for three months is but about ten pounds, and your carriage down and home about £8, now if they raise your rent we may still do the whole for thirty pounds; courage girl, courage.

    Letter 168 2009

  • While new digital efficiencies may reduce costs, don't look for Outbox Enter prises to abandon those widely disparaged convenience fees, which Mr. Rosen continues to champion.

    Ticketmaster Ex-CEO to Lead a New Rival Ethan Smith 2010

  • Where companies arent allowed to hijack artists money and raise consumer prises to line there wallets.

    In economic crisis, Obama goes after LimeWire 2009

  • Cette interview aurait été convaincante si Joseph pouvait citer trois ou quatre mesures phares prises pendant ses 7 ans de règne pour un bonheur congolais partagé.

    Global Voices in English » D.R. of Congo: Furor Over Kabila’s New York Times Interview 2009

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