Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Armor) Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one upon the other and form a piece of armor.
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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
lame . - noun Small
steel plates combined so as toslide one upon other and form a piece ofarmour .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It had a near future feel to it where the kids still had their playground hierarchy and the geeks, the lames, and the bullies all had their roles.
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Now here he is, CANTor and the rest of republican lames acting like they support the Iranians.
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It is a decision that lames all of the Olympian power plays and faux heroics into a pale revenge story and transforms Perseus into a brooding modern action hero in the mold of Charles Bronson or Jean-Claude Van Damme (but with neither the sleazy presence of the former nor the vacant cheesiness of the latter).
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Everybody but the most hopeless lames knew that the only job you wanted out of the poverty program was a job in the program itself.
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The real sex revolution is to have high standards and a mutual respect for the real folks in the Game and lets run out all the snitches, busters, chumps, suckers and lames who are ranking it.
Cautionary Words from a Nevada brothel survivor::but still a sex worker activist « Bound, Not Gagged 2008
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It's a Hollywood ending: the screen siren - Hayworth, Harlow, Garbo, Hepburn - glamour girls all, in their American-made crepes and lames; slinky, sexy gowns that shimmered in black-and-white footage.
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It's a Hollywood ending: the screen siren - Hayworth, Harlow, Garbo, Hepburn - glamour girls all, in their American-made crepes and lames; slinky, sexy gowns that shimmered in black-and-white footage.
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Everybody but the most hopeless lames knew that the only job you wanted out of the poverty program was a job in the program itself.
“In his Equal Employment Opportunity office at Police Headquarters” 2008
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It's a Hollywood ending: the screen siren - Hayworth, Harlow, Garbo, Hepburn - glamour girls all, in their American-made crepes and lames; slinky, sexy gowns that shimmered in black-and-white footage.
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“Now what I want you lames to do is apologize to my lady for being disrespectful.”
Push Comes to Shove Oasis 2010
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