Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Old spellings of thirst, thirsty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Coal Mining) The ruins of the fallen roof resulting from the removal of the pillars and stalls.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mining The ruins of the fallen
roof in acoal mine , resulting from the removal of thepillars andstalls .
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Examples
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Even what you described it doesn't sound too realistic either: why would you need to "sustain a sideward thurst"?
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Ai haz a thurst, so sumfing 2 drink dat iz long an cowld pls.
Is OK, dog - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ai dieded uf thurst befur ai can maek up mai mind… jus gief me afpelstrudl kthxbye
cheezburger - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Oil is a small part. by meremark on Monday, Jan 22, 2007 at 12: 48: 46 AM another life sucking vampire with an blood thurst by Fred F on Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 6: 41: 28 PM
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Kissinger hails Iraq troop surge, says we need the oil 2007
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With thurst, with coold, with hunger so confoundid!
The Canterbury Tales 2006
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Every day, our people are witnessing the model of ‘development’ thurst upon them by the rulers.
Vedanta University and its Real Aims - Criminal Mastermind Anil Agarwal's land grab scheme Abhay N 2006
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Every day, our people are witnessing the model of ‘development’ thurst upon them by the rulers.
Archive 2006-11-01 Abhay N 2006
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Opportunities available in US are much much more than the opportunities created by those few companies that have tech centers in India or China .. thurst of Only handful of those aspiring n talented people can be quenched there ..
Beware The Reverse Brain Drain To India And China Vivek Wadhwa 2005
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Again the whip struck across my back, I thurst again against the bar.
Rogue Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1982
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He joined me, however, as soon as service was over, and walked from Tenth Street to Madison Square, with his grizzly arm thurst through mine, and his diabolical jeers drumming on my tympana.
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