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- noun Internet an
Internet protocol fordocument search andretrieval .
Etymologies
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Examples
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If we can handle Ronald Reagan, Ah-nold, Jessie Ventura, Sonny Bono, and Gopher from the Love Boat I'm sure we can handle a Baldwin brother. jayme
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But he’d been a demolitions man back then, and whenever there was any kind of discussion as to whether it was feasible to blow up a bridge or a tunnel or a cache of Cong supplies, Gordon would say, “Let’s go for broke,” which is how he got the name Gopher.
Eight Black Horses Ed McBain 1985
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It also said that former U.S. Representative Fred Grandy also formerly known as "Gopher" on "The Love Boat" was presenting this matter to Congress.
Rabbi Jason Miller: An Analysis Of The Delta-Saudi Controversy Rabbi Jason Miller 2011
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But network administrators at the time preferred a streamlined text-only internet service, says Topolski, using something called the Gopher protocol.
Boing Boing 2009
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We live in a small town near Laramie called Gopher Hole.
Dear Pen Pal Heather Vogel Frederick 2009
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We live in a small town near Laramie called Gopher Hole.
Dear Pen Pal Heather Vogel Frederick 2009
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We live in a small town near Laramie called Gopher Hole.
Dear Pen Pal Heather Vogel Frederick 2009
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We live in a small town near Laramie called Gopher Hole.
Dear Pen Pal Heather Vogel Frederick 2009
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Had she really bound herself to live, inescapably, in this town called Gopher
Main Street 2004
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She was within ten minutes beholding not only the heart of a place called Gopher Prairie, but ten thousand towns from
Main Street 2004
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