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- verb Present participle of
louse .
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Examples
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In Thrums the weavers spoke of "lousing" from their looms, removing the chains, and there is something woeful in that.
A Window in Thrums 1898
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This daily trip, a few visits to the Creek to wash all over, a few games of chess, attendance upon roll call, drawing rations, cooking and eating the same, "lousing" my fragments of clothes, and doing some little duties for my sick and helpless comrades, constituted the daily routine for myself, as for most of the active youths in the prison.
Andersonville — Volume 3 John McElroy 1887
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This daily trip, a few visits to the Creek to wash all over, a few games of chess, attendance upon roll call, drawing rations, cooking and eating the same, "lousing" my fragments of clothes, and doing some little duties for my sick and helpless comrades, constituted the daily routine for myself, as for most of the active youths in the prison.
Andersonville John McElroy 1887
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Does she think he regrets lousing up their marriage?
Cheryl Cole: 'I hate this year' Simon Hattenstone 2010
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They'll agree when they understand this is a lousing strategy for even for them.
Robert Reich: The American Jobs Emergency Requires Action Robert Reich 2010
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They'll agree when they understand this is a lousing strategy for even for them.
Robert Reich: The American Jobs Emergency Requires Action Robert Reich 2010
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They'll agree when they understand this is a lousing strategy for even for them.
Robert Reich: The American Jobs Emergency Requires Action Robert Reich 2010
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FRANK DEFORD: I think field goals are really lousing up football - punts, too.
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They'll agree when they understand this is a lousing strategy for even for them.
Robert Reich: The American Jobs Emergency Requires Action Robert Reich 2010
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They'll agree when they understand this is a lousing strategy for even for them.
Robert Reich: The American Jobs Emergency Requires Action Robert Reich 2010
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