Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
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crewels .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.
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- noun
glandular scrofulous swellings in theneck
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ils sont un peu ce que nous voulons qu'ils soient: amoureux, amants, fougueux, touchants, amicaux, professionnels, séducteurs, parfois cruels, et souvent terrifiés par le pouvoir qu'exerce la femme sur eux.
Global Voices in English » World Book Day: Women’s lives in the mirror of their men 2009
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Every human being has right to live in the world but cruels.
Video of the Davos Debate on Gaza - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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What could the formula be, three cruels plus two tearses, four humiliatings, and one belittle, all equal to one blow struck before witnesses?
Sudden Rain Maritta Wolff 2009
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Every human being has right to live in the world but cruels.
Video of the Davos Debate on Gaza - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Enric Sió did a regular series of what I guess might be called contes cruels.
DRACULA 2005
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Enric Sió did a regular series of what I guess might be called contes cruels.
DRACULA 2005
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Enric Sió did a regular series of what I guess might be called contes cruels.
Archive 2005-11-27 2005
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The stories are more in the vein of contes cruels than outright horror stories, featuring the Borgias, a Grand Guignol carnival act, a witches' Sabbat, a lamia, and other nasty twists, mostly in non-contemporary settings.
Archive 2005-05-15 2005
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The stories are more in the vein of contes cruels than outright horror stories, featuring the Borgias, a Grand Guignol carnival act, a witches' Sabbat, a lamia, and other nasty twists, mostly in non-contemporary settings.
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And of course we responded to the cruels in these areas.
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