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- verb Scotland To
cheat . - noun Scotland
Cheat .
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Examples
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"I pre-chate that, lady," The Misfit said and drew a little circle in the ground with the butt of his gun.
AGoodManIsHardToFindAndOtherStories O'Connor, Flannery 1955
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"But they'll murdher my boy when they find out the chate," said Mrs. Rooney.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction Various 1909
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Of this plant there are various kinds, the Egyptian melon, the Cucumus chate, which has been called "the queen of cucumbers;" the water melon, the
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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This word occurs in (Numbers 11: 5) as one of the good things of Egypt produces excellent cucumbers, melons, etc., the Cucumis chate being the best of its tribe yet known.
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Besides the Cucumis chate, the common cucumber (C. sativus), of which the Arabs distinguish a number of varieties, is common in
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"He couldn't chate me, the haythen!" she concluded.
Phil, the Fiddler Horatio Alger 1865
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"You wouldn't have the heart to chate your ould mother out of her share?"
Brave and Bold The Fortunes of Robert Rushton Horatio Alger 1865
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With that, he began to swear and call me a chate, and threaten me with the police.
Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children Grace Greenwood 1863
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"Arrah! there's wan that'll chate 'im, anyhow," cried Bryan, throwing forward his gun in nervous haste, as one of the deer gained the land, despite Chacooto's rapidity, and bounded towards the hills.
Ungava 1859
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It's not I'll go to dale with that bloody chate again.
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