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- noun Canada In Newfoundland, a type of
banshee whose cry indicates someone's impending death.
Etymologies
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The Lost Mine Trail is a 4.8-mile hike that winds through the Chisos Mountains, offering stunning views of Casa Grande and Juniper Canyon. nps.gov/bibe
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If you want to talk about child abuse, talk about born again Christians who believe the bibe said to discipline their children, and do so several times a day.
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The bibe, or banshee, for example, was a female figure — an ancient crone whose wailing cry in the night was the harbinger of death.
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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Et dixerit mihi, Etiam tu bibe, et etiam camelis tuis hauriam: ipsa sit uxor, quam praeparavit Iehova filio domini mei.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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Muscovy ducks (bibe), pigeons and geese are hardy and could be raised in the backyard under adverse conditions.
Chapter 16 1992
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Thomas à Becket, is inscribed around the top band, "_Vinum tuum bibe cum gaudio_."
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
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Ach! he zaid I vas a honest man, und he is mein vrient, und dot is der zweetest bibe of dobacco I ever shmoke.
Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure George Manville Fenn 1870
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Now den, "he continued, as he took down a great pipe, and began to fill it from a keg of tobacco," I am going to shmoke mein bibe, pecause
Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure George Manville Fenn 1870
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Den der vorks is done, und you shall gom und sit und dalk do me about die osdridge birds, while I shmoke mein bibe und you rest yourself, und resht die bullocks for two day.
Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure George Manville Fenn 1870
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"Now I zhall shmoke mein bibe, und den go do mein wagon und haf a big long schleep, vor I am dire."
Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure George Manville Fenn 1870
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