Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of canines, or a section of Canis, combining some characters of foxes with others of wolves.
- noun [lowercase] A jackal of this genus: as, the Senegal thous.
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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
thou .
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Examples
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"Stock'll be up t 'six hundred before week's out; net you' round four hund 'thous'n'," exploded Breede in his most vicious manner.
Bunker Bean Harry Leon Wilson 1903
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"There are 150,000 Jews in Budapest; they enter all the professions, and supply two members to the House of Magnates, and nine to the Chamber of Deputies, and there are two State Councillors; and you know with us every member of Parliament 'thous' every other in private as an equal.
Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill 1895
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Improvements in Bible scholarship and new evidence such as the Dead Sea Scrolls identified room for improvement in the quality of the translation and the archaic language of the KJV the thees and the thous became increasingly problematic for some.
Roy M. Pitkin: The King James Bible: 400 And Going Strong Roy M. Pitkin 2011
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I'm pretty sure those guys in congress have a tad bit more ehtical scrutiny than you holier than thous tossing stones being anonymous handles on the internet.
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“But there are a bunch of elderly and holier than thous that live up here in the U.P.”
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The Jews manged to supress their Gurila organisations and thous, avoded the Jewish Leadrship and miltery organisation by the British.
Global Voices in English » Palestine: Waiting for the Iftar Cannon in Gaza 2009
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Its kinda funny to see thous places also some may not have been filmed here in that part.
Up in the Air Deleted Scene: Ryan Bingham Goes To Space | /Film 2010
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Seems my little stunt got the attention of industry insiders, and not all of them believe that I bought a used ATM on Craigslist, which turned out to contain thous ...
Robert Siciliano: Craigslist ATM I Bought Causes Industry Stir 2010
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Seems my little stunt got the attention of industry insiders, and not all of them believe that I bought a used ATM on Craigslist, which turned out to contain thous ...
Robert Siciliano: Craigslist ATM I Bought Causes Industry Stir 2010
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You may spend thous ands of dollars every so often replacing things like the liner and the covers or repairing cracks or leaks.
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