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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
neer .
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Examples
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There sat his darling blind child, his 'neir' as he liked to call him, with his pretty, fair, curly head resting on Arsinoe's breast.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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There sat his darling blind child, his 'neir' as he liked to call him, with his pretty, fair, curly head resting on Arsinoe's breast.
The Emperor — Volume 05 Georg Ebers 1867
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There sat his darling blind child, his 'neir' as he liked to call him, with his pretty, fair, curly head resting on Arsinoe's breast.
The Emperor — Volume 05 Georg Ebers 1867
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There sat his darling blind child, his 'neir' as he liked to call him, with his pretty, fair, curly head resting on Arsinoe's breast.
The Emperor — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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There sat his darling blind child, his 'neir' as he liked to call him, with his pretty, fair, curly head resting on Arsinoe's breast.
The Emperor — Volume 05 Georg Ebers 1867
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Onetime opera singer Russ Columbo, a strikingly handsome singer and actor, many 10 oe neir apparent to Crosby, but his career ended tragically in a shooting accident in 1934.
Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth Taraborrelli, J. R. 1997
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Engliss army tackis the mydd parte of Fawsyd hill, [525] having thare ordinance planted befoir thame, and having thare schippes and two galayis brought as neir the land as watter wald serve.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Castell, neir to the Priorie, my Lord Cardinall, dreading that Maister
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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When thei instantlie urged him to lett thame know some conforte; he said, "I will tell yow, that I am assured that my travail is neir ane end; and tharefor call to God with me, that now I schrink not when the battell waxis moist hoote."
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Skune, [842] thought good that some ordour should be taikin with him and with that place, whiche lay neir to the town end.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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