Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The treadle or chalaza of an egg: so called because formerly supposed to be the sperm of the egg.
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Examples
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Simple of itself; Ill no pullet-sperm in my brewage.
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Simple of itself; I'll no pullet-sperm in my brewage.
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Simple of itself; I'll no pullet-sperm in my brewage.
The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare 1590
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Simple of itself; I’ll no pullet-sperm in my brewage.
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_ Simple of itself; I’ll no pullet-sperm in my brewage.
The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] William Shakespeare 1590
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