Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A simplified spelling of earl.

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Examples

  • Miss Helen Underwood lent a music book of hers the other day, and as I was looking over it this morning I found a beautiful song, it is entitled the Erl king which signifies in

    Diary, August 8, 1859-May 15, 1865. 1863

  • I wonder if Erl disappeared because he was getting a little too much attention from right-wing bloggers?

    Holy crap. The stupid. CC 2008

  • "My Kind and Gentle Man" A sort of companion piece to "The Erl-king":

    Deb Sandland: Semer Water asakiyume 2008

  • Oh – ai also hav Erl Grey tee fur teh non-cowfee drinkers – an sum herbalz fur tehnon caffein peepl.

    Sry. We not interested in ur - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Alas, she's as deadly to the kind and gentle man as the Erl-king was to the small child riding with his father.

    Deb Sandland: Semer Water asakiyume 2008

  • It's a shame -- Erl was the most interesting thing to emerge from the Canadian right-o-sphere in a long time.

    Holy crap. The stupid. CC 2008

  • So, for example, we'll be looking at "Rappaccini's Daughter" and "The Erl-King" together because they can be interpreted as stories that are mirror images of one another.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Theodora Goss 2008

  • What makes it especially stupid is that Erl had quite an about-face and said that CC and I had been correct in many of our criticisms.

    Holy crap. The stupid. CC 2008

  • So, for example, we'll be looking at "Rappaccini's Daughter" and "The Erl-King" together because they can be interpreted as stories that are mirror images of one another.

    My Syllabus Theodora Goss 2008

  • I mean, really, ignore the fact that he was utterly, totally and completely backwards with his accusation about Erl and the apology.

    Holy crap. The stupid. CC 2008

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