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- noun Plural form of
prawn . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
prawn .
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Examples
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Dat’s jus’ a playt ob shrimps. *picks up lolcatburglar and drops her into a huge 40 gallon vat, filled with shrimps, prawns and king prawns*
invisibl olimpiks - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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And the best way to get the audience to relate to the prawns is to give them big humanoid eyes.
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I also cringe anytime moviegoers call the aliens "prawns" -- that's the analog of the n-word or in South Africa, the k-word!
District 9 2009
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He begins by pointing out that the aliens in his film - the 'prawns' - are "probably as far away from what aliens might realistically look like" as he could have created.
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As a result, the aliens - derogatorily referred to as "prawns" - are confined to a government camp inside Johannesburg, called District 9.
WN.com - Articles related to SOUTH AFRICA: Eviction looms for Blue Waters camp residents 2010
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He begins by pointing out that the aliens in his film - the 'prawns' - are "probably as far away from what aliens might realistically look like" as he could have created.
TDG - Science, Magick, Myth and History Greg 2010
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As a result, the aliens - derogatorily referred to as "prawns" - are confined to a government camp inside Johannesburg, called District 9.
WN.com - Articles related to SOUTH AFRICA: Eviction looms for Blue Waters camp residents 2010
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As a result, the aliens - derogatorily referred to as "prawns" - are confined to a government camp inside Johannesburg, called District 9.
WN.com - Articles related to SOUTH AFRICA: Eviction looms for Blue Waters camp residents 2010
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As a result, the aliens - derogatorily referred to as "prawns" - are confined to a government camp inside Johannesburg, called District 9.
WN.com - Articles related to SOUTH AFRICA: Eviction looms for Blue Waters camp residents 2010
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In 1982 a spaceship full of aliens - unaffectionately referred to as "prawns" - are stranded above Johannesburg.
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