Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cave used as a dwelling by primitive, prehistoric, and recent tribes.
- noun In Colorado and the adjoining region, a cliff-dwelling.
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Examples
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You and the rest of your cave-dwelling crew would go and ask She Who Remembers The Last Great Snowfall whether it was going to rain or not, and her knees would tell you.
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Regressive cave-dwelling types never will understand the need to plan ahead.
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Anyone who thinks they are all cave-dwelling fat nerds is an idiot.
My opinion on the whole Blizzard Real ID issue nathreee 2010
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Not vampires, the creatures in this one are cave-dwelling aliens.
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Anyone who thinks they are all cave-dwelling fat nerds is an idiot.
My opinion on the whole Blizzard Real ID issue nathreee 2010
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The Tarahumara, for example, a cave-dwelling people from northern Mexico famed for their endurance running, have been found to produce about 10,000 kcals of work effort during one of their 24- to 48-hour "kickball" races -- more than modern Tour de France competitors.
Peter McAllister: Manthropology: The Science Of The Inadequate Modern Male Peter McAllister 2011
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The Tarahumara, for example, a cave-dwelling people from northern Mexico famed for their endurance running, have been found to produce about 10,000 kcals of work effort during one of their 24- to 48-hour "kickball" races -- more than modern Tour de France competitors.
Peter McAllister: Manthropology: The Science Of The Inadequate Modern Male Peter McAllister 2011
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The Tarahumara, for example, a cave-dwelling people from northern Mexico famed for their endurance running, have been found to produce about 10,000 kcals of work effort during one of their 24- to 48-hour "kickball" races -- more than modern Tour de France competitors.
Peter McAllister: Manthropology: The Science Of The Inadequate Modern Male Peter McAllister 2011
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The Tarahumara, for example, a cave-dwelling people from northern Mexico famed for their endurance running, have been found to produce about 10,000 kcals of work effort during one of their 24- to 48-hour "kickball" races -- more than modern Tour de France competitors.
Peter McAllister: Manthropology: The Science Of The Inadequate Modern Male Peter McAllister 2011
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The story is about a cave-dwelling misanthrope who sets out to destroy the Christmas of a neighboring village.
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