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Good for McCain for pushing his inexperienced selt up against a wall!
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What Lithuanian parliament has done I consider as an act of a selt-esteem.
In Lithuania, Better Hide That Hammer and Sickle - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
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What Lithuanian parliament has done I consider as an act of a selt-esteem.
In Lithuania, Better Hide That Hammer and Sickle - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
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Anya, after the Irishers, to convert me into a selt (but first I must proxy babetise my old antenaughties), when, as Sigismond Stol-terforth, with Rabbin Robroost for my auspicer and Leecher
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But hey, it does beats getting low-selt esteem or depression.
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Sir Walter Scott, in printing ‘sleete’ in 1.3, said: ‘The word _sleet_, in the chorus, [1] seems to be corrupted from _selt_, or salt; a quantity of which, in compliance with a popular superstition, is frequently placed on the breast of a corpse.’
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Oh, no, I can stand a lot; but you'll find oot that Mag Robertson hasna selt her a 'tae you, without driving a hard bargain afore she lets you alone.
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Wull having mentioned the price -- "My faith," says Geordy, "ye hae selt it weel."
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 567, September 22, 1832
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The word sleet, in the chorus, seems to be corrupted from selt or salt; a quantity of which, in compliance with a popular superstition, is frequently placed on the breast of a corpse.
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Listening to songs like Watch This by Slash from his recent selt-titled album revealed that the iAudio E2 sounded crispy rich and detailed for genre like Rock with no compromise on the low end either.
bilby commented on the word selt
Scots - past tense of the verb 'to sell', ie. sold.
December 26, 2007