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  • noun Plural form of adder.

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Examples

  • In that respect, as in others, 'Rome conquered her conquerors;' and the descendants of those Roman lawyers, whom the honest Teutons called adders, and as adders killed them down, destroyed, in course of time,

    Roman and the Teuton Charles Kingsley 1847

  • O son of Kuru, this is the lesson I carefully inculcate, that the wise should never enrage such as adders as have venom in their very glances! '

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Sabha Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • March comes wi 'adders' heads and gangs wi 'peacocks' tails.

    The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836

  • For those that don't have the means to get in on it though (even through community support "adders") lets take some of the cash that has been dumped on the nuclear industry and see some real support around low-income energy.

    rabble.ca - News for the rest of us IRTN 2009

  • O son of Kuru, this is the lesson I carefully inculcate, that the wise should never enrage such as adders as have venom in their very glances! "

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • I also can't wait to find out the details of all the adders passed in the middle of the night.

    Obama says energy legislation a 'jobs bill' 2009

  • Honestly, it's like they have no idea how this thing's supposed to work at all.66% of homes have DIY jobs unfinishedChildcare by grandparents is worth £33bn a yearThere are fewer than 1,000 adders left in the UKWalnuts are the healthiest of all nutsVanilla Ice is making his panto debut at Chatham theatre, Kent this DecemberJust how the dancing was split between Natalie Portman and her body double in Black Swan.

    This week: Iman Al-Obeidi, Ed Miliband, George Clooney 2011

  • Even in Earth's most conservative stock exchanges, both adders and sharks are always to be found, after all.

    Archive 2010-06-01 Blue Tyson 2010

  • I know what its like to sit in the dark waiting for a leopard, with heyenas and puff adders all over the place, Any one who says that hunting leopard over baits is easy or unfair obviously hasnt been there to try it!

    Field & Stream 2009

  • I know what its like to sit in the dark waiting for a leopard, with heyenas and puff adders all over the place, Any one who says that hunting leopard over baits is easy or unfair obviously hasnt been there to try it!

    Field & Stream 2009

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