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- noun Plural form of
vail . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
vail .
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Examples
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*conwinces nightshayde to do speshul phunkee vershun of teh dans of teh seben vails, wib tishyews insted of vails*
Dey juss keeps - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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These fees are called vails; and they serve instead of wages: for though in private houses the master generally contracts with his servant to give him wages, yet these are seldom or never paid; and indeed the vails commonly amount to much more.
The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes $p Volume 12 Henry Fielding 1730
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The king at first 'vails' at discretion, but is compelled by
The Growth of English Drama Arnold Wynne
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It was always customary at that time to give "vails" to the nurse when visiting a new-born child; sometimes gifts of money, often of trinkets and articles of clothing.
Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 Anna Green Winslow 1881
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After this disturbance, the servants were not only deprived of the freedom of the playhouse, but the custom of giving them "vails," which had theretofore universally prevailed in Scotland, was abolished.
A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Dutton Cook 1856
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They stone them, behead them, throw acid in their faces, keep them from driving, make them wear vails, throw them in prison, beat them, stop them from going to school, make them get married as teenagers…I could go on.
Algeria’s Press on ‘Sex, Rape and Video at the U.S. Embassy’ - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Iz kitteh gonna do teh danse ov teh elebenty vails?
I assume this is important….. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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O hao byootimus tehy are in thyre bridel reegailya awwwwwww- luk at dose delikat vails, adn teh teenytiny bookays dey are clutchin….
We wuz jus makin shur - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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She gave no vails to the servants at Castle Rackrent at parting, notwithstanding the old proverb of ‘as rich as a Jew,’ which she, being a
Castle Rackrent 2006
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The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
john commented on the word vails
“By the 17th century, it was expected that overnight guests to private homes would provide sums of money, known as vails, to the host’s servants.�?
The New York Times, Why Tip?, by Paul Wachter, October 9, 2008
October 12, 2008
dontcry commented on the word vails
I'm totally getting hosed by my slacker houseguests...
October 12, 2008
bilby commented on the word vails
You have servants? I'm half-serious here. I've stayed with people who had servants, mainly in Asia, and it's always left me quite uncomfortable.
October 12, 2008