Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A berry, especially a succulent berry, like the gooseberry, in which seeds are distributed throughout a pulpy mass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e. g. grape; tomato; cranberry.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberry
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Examples
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Not a lot of work mind you, I got $5,000 one year for settin 'bacca.
Tobacco Road (copy) ____Maggie 2007
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The Laurel, Laurus, was denominated from Al-Orus: the berry was termed bacca, from Bacchus; Myrrh, Μυῤῥα was from Ham-Ourah; Casia, from
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant 1759
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But now our 'bacca's all give out, the men can't have their smoke,
Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Various
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Here they met the same tribe, (known as Wognie's,) and bartered "bacca" and "bissika," against "moro wappi," or fish, with which the camp was plentifully supplied in the evening.
Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland Frank Jardine 1880
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-- At daylight the party started forward, accompanied by a strong detachment of "black guards," who were much disgusted when the greater number of them were dismissed before they had proceeded far, no doubt wishing and expecting to share in the "bacca" or "bissiker," which would reward the pilots.
Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland Frank Jardine 1880
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At morn when startin for mi wark, a bit o 'bacca's sweet,
Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect John Hartley 1877
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"Niver heed that, they'll keep mi belly warm," said Tommy, "but th 'bacca's done, soa aw mun be making mi way shorter.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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_] [Footnote 19: Thus, while at some stations in New Holland clergymen explained in English the principles of Christianity, the thoughts of the natives strayed to subjects more familiar, and cries of "bacca" and
The History of Tasmania , Volume II John West 1840
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To be honest it's a simplistic switch of words to go from Chew to Jew and merge it with the bacca we all know and love, so it's no surprise that someone beat me to the punch by about 30 years, I reckon.
Things I Wish I Made Up: Jewbacca RICHARD 2009
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To be honest it's a simplistic switch of words to go from Chew to Jew and merge it with the bacca we all know and love, so it's no surprise that someone beat me to the punch by about 30 years, I reckon.
Archive 2009-06-01 RICHARD 2009
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