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- initialism nautical
able-bodied seaman
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Examples
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I wish I knew how to quit you. a.b. Fri 09/25/09 1: 27 PM
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The headstone on this second grave read sacred to the memory of john hartnell, a.b. of h.m.s. erebus died january 4th, 1846 aged 25 years
The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007
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And four letters they have more than other for diversity of their language and speech, forasmuch as they speak in their throats; and we in England have in our language and speech two letters more than they have in their a.b. c.; and that is
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Van Ruyne was fool enough to think so, it was because no Van Ruyne ever could see a.b. spelled ab.
The La Chance Mine Mystery Susan Morrow Jones
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AZOXIMES (furo [a.b.] diazoles), a class of organic compounds which contain the ring system
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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If it weren't for that a.b. part I could ride right to it, and snap my fingers at the prowler.
The Gold Girl 1921
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If I could only figure out where to start from I could find my way at least to the a.b. part -- and that would be something.
The Gold Girl 1921
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It began with a.b. c: then ba, be, bi: then ab, eb, ib: then bla, ble, bli: then four letters and five.
Unwritten History 1919
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Latin and Greek and higher mathematics, while I would undertake the instruction and flagellation of the little a.b. abs.
Recollections of a Virginian in the Mexican, Indian, and Civil wars, 1894
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As for mathematics, I had forgotten the algebraic signs, and after a while I began to doubt if I could even keep up with the a.b. abs.
Recollections of a Virginian in the Mexican, Indian, and Civil wars, 1894
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