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- noun Plural form of
dun . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
dun .
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Examples
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That unhurt from the duns is secure from the stroke.
Letter 1 1792
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Horses which are of a yellow colour with white mane and tail, and which are sometimes called duns, I have never seen with stripes. [
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845
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Even the memory of the lawyer's clerks and "duns" from various parts of the city were left buried within these sacred precints until the next day, and one and all with a light step wended their way down the Square towards Sparks street.
Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense [pseud.] Vera
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Federal investigators and watchdog groups use the parent company duns number to catch large contractors that try to pass off their divisions or subsidiaries as small businesses.
Lloyd Chapman: The Only Man in America that Obama Has Not Fooled Speaks Out Lloyd Chapman 2012
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Nymphs, larvae, eggs, mayflies, emergers, duns, there are so many flies out there I have tons and tons.
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Nymphs, larvae, eggs, mayflies, emergers, duns, there are so many flies out there I have tons and tons.
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John Baker, the Philadelphia sheriff, became a regular visitor at The Hills, notifying Morris of duns, accepting various paper obligations to deliver to creditors, and politely returning them when they were refused.
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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By the summer of 1797, with creditors stopping by daily with their duns and their threats, Morris retreated to The Hills.
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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John Baker, the Philadelphia sheriff, became a regular visitor at The Hills, notifying Morris of duns, accepting various paper obligations to deliver to creditors, and politely returning them when they were refused.
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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GM duns me to pay for its military bases around the world?
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