Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
conner .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who watches shoals of fish; a balker. See
balker .
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- noun One who
watches shoals offish so that they can be caught; abalker .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Also to Mr granchildren starving on a conder: the earth has been considerably warmer than this many time in its past, and life progressed.
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And I would say that Ann, as a tacit conder of a torturous regime, has lost that morale high ground as well.
China sentences Wu Dianyuan, 79, and Wang Xiuying, 77, to "re-education through labor." Ann Althouse 2008
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If they made that sucker more functional and powered, I'd conder investing in ass-less pants.
Things that crack me up #47 Kay Olson 2008
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She be founded in mah air condi,,,conder… a/c duck werkz.
i has a cheezie - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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The Cabinet would conder hosting the 1995 Formula I Grand Prix favourably subject to representations from AA Motor Sport and an evaluation of the benefits for the country.
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"I des tell you all de fittin 'ain' been over yonder on dat ar hill caze I'se done fit right yer in dis yer fence conder, en I ain 'fit de Yankees nurr.
The Battle Ground Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909
hernesheir commented on the word conder
Let me know if you spot any fish.
August 31, 2014
bilby commented on the word conder
Look, there!
August 31, 2014
Gammerstang commented on the word conder
(noun) - A person who stands upon a cliff or elevated part of the seacoast in the time of the herring fishery to point out to the fishermen by signs the course of the shoals of fish. From French conduire to conduct, guide. -- Rev. John Boag's Imperial Lexicon, c. 1850
April 22, 2018