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  • noun An AGA cooker.

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Examples

  • The Aga Khan, the spiritual and temporal leader of 20 million Ismailis, died and was succeeded by his oldest grandson, Prince Karim Khan, with the title Aga Khan IV.

    1956-61 2001

  • "Aga is shorthand for the rural dream; a home, a hearth, the perfect crusty bloomer and a warming oven with which to revive hypothermic lambs."

    BBC Blog Network 2009

  • On Sunday, he paid around $140,000 to buy a ram in a symbolic auction that gave him the title of Aga, or Lord, of the next Kirkpinar.

    How Do You Dress a Turkish Wrestler? In Olive Oil and Leather Britches Marc Champion 2011

  • Schnyder (1961-1965), Switzerland; Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan

    Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - History of Organization 1954

  • I daresay there are cash-strapped people in 300 year old farmhouses who would take issue with my suggestion that the Aga is a symbol of liquidity!

    A couple of classy links Alix Mortimer 2010

  • Rob is being investigated on nine charges that he was a partner in a company called Aga Development Ltd. that sold more than 200 luxury villas it built illegally on Greek Cypriot land near the northern village of Klepini.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2011

  • I think an Aga is the heart of any kitchen because it heats the house.

    WalesOnline - Home 2011

  • Rob is being investigated on nine charges that he was a partner in a company called Aga Development Ltd. that sold more than 200 luxury villas it built illegally on Greek Cypriot land near the northern village of Klepini.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • After the gas bill shocker, our Aga is a seriously endangered species - like a Giant Panda.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Jeremy Vine Show to talk about why the Aga is a bad thing: there are lots and lots of ways to spread love and happiness, but starving out the people of the Horn of Africa because of repeated droughts caused by our use of Agas is not one of them

    Planet Gore 2009

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