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- verb UK Present participle of
chisel .
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Examples
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One thing I hate about sports is just how interested so many fans are in chiselling the players they supposedly root for. notchris Says:
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One thing I hate about sports is just how interested so many fans are in chiselling the players they supposedly root for.
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One thing I hate about sports is just how interested so many fans are in chiselling the players they supposedly root for.
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From my companion, the prince-hierarch, I learned it was begun by an ancient Pharaoh of the same name, one of the kings of the oldest dynasty, who conceived the idea of chiselling into these grand proportions a mass of rock, which, projecting from the Libyan hills, nearly obstructed the view of the principal pyramid.
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Here, in depths of just five metres or so, divers can make a leisurely exploration of the reef, or the coral fingers known as spur-and-groove formations, taking in everything from iridescent parrot fish chiselling into the coral to the steady progress of a conch as it makes its way along the sandy seabed.
Discover an extraordinary underwater world in the Cayman Islands 2011
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Last Monday the players at my anti-writersblock roleplay graced me by giving me a rough shape and a glorious mental image of what the ending of my novel could look like and ever since I've been chiselling out words and sentences.
weekly nathreee 2009
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An ancient human skull is embedded in the entrance shaft, which bears Sabaean chiselling.
Archaeologists strike gold in quest to find Queen of Sheba's wealth 2012
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Only that chiselling on your expenses is acceptable.
Archive 2009-02-08 2009
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Lucy is joined by Chloe Fontaine, little sister of the legend that is Seb, who's also chiselling out a decent-sized rep for herself of late with several London residencies, studio productions and international gigs.
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Here, in depths of just five metres or so, divers can make a leisurely exploration of the reef, or the coral fingers known as spur-and-groove formations, taking in everything from iridescent parrot fish chiselling into the coral to the steady progress of a conch as it makes its way along the sandy seabed.
Discover an extraordinary underwater world in the Cayman Islands 2011
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