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- proper noun A
botanical plant nameauthor abbreviation forbotanist Thomas Comber (1837-1902).
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Examples
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"That's not what the U.S. Navy reco'ds say - we've seen 'em, an 'it's all theah, under the name Comber!"
THE NUMBERS 2010
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Spotted Tail-why, he'd never heard the name Comber in his life; I'd been Wind Breaker to him from '50, and what should he and Mrs Candy know of each other?
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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"That's not what the U.S. Navy reco'ds say - we've seen 'em, an 'it's all theah, under the name Comber!"
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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"That's not what the U.S. Navy reco'ds say - we've seen 'em, an 'it's all theah, under the name Comber!"
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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Spotted Tail-why, he'd never heard the name Comber in his life; I'd been Wind Breaker to him from '50, and what should he and Mrs Candy know of each other?
Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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Spotted Tail-why, he'd never heard the name Comber in his life; I'd been Wind Breaker to him from '50, and what should he and Mrs Candy know of each other?
Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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"It wasn't Dutch, it was German," says I. "Very well, I'm the man you call Comber, and I'll be happy to take your cab - but not to Mr Crixus!
THE NUMBERS 2010
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"It wasn't Dutch, it was German," says I. "Very well, I'm the man you call Comber, and I'll be happy to take your cab - but not to Mr Crixus!
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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"It wasn't Dutch, it was German," says I. "Very well, I'm the man you call Comber, and I'll be happy to take your cab - but not to Mr Crixus!
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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« Arica in Peru, famous for, called the Comber b lock, value of,
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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