Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The palace of the mikado of Japan; the court: a respectful term used by the Japanese in speaking of the mikado or emperor, who was considered too august and sacred to be spoken of by his own name.

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Examples

  • Sort of a dairi-ation on the theme, don't you think.

    I'm getting pretty tired of waiting for Obama to announce his VP pick. Ann Althouse 2008

  • The following is the second part of a series called Get Our Milk Off Drugs, written in response to pending legislation that would interfere with dairi ...

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • Ito sukashi dairi Hamamatsu, adj. itzebu dai-sho hanami jaburan dai-sho-no-soroimono hanamichi janken hanashika jigotai dan haniwa jimigaki daruma haori jingu do happi-coat jinja dojo harai goshi jinkai senjitsu dotaku hara-kiri jinricksha emakimono hashigakari jinrikisha Eta Hashimoto's jinriksha fuchi hatamoto jito fugu hayashi jiu-jitsu fuji hechima Jodo Fukuoka, adj.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 1 1982

  • Blogroll anis mojgani csbg dooce dude he’s the stallion fantagraphics blog five minute marvels jezebel mcsweeney’s mlle in de grote appel pop candy project: rooftop racialicious radio free holly rebecca hahn ross campbell she has no head! supertown the bad plus the beat the best shows … the dairi burger the rejecter top shelf comics when fangirls attack

    Glass Half Full or Empty? « 1979 Semi-Finalist… 2009

  • Blogroll anis mojgani csbg dooce dude he’s the stallion fantagraphics blog five minute marvels jezebel mcsweeney’s mlle in de grote appel pop candy project: rooftop racialicious radio free holly rebecca hahn ross campbell she has no head! supertown the bad plus the beat the best shows … the dairi burger the rejecter top shelf comics when fangirls attack

    Sometimes It Actually Feels Good To Go With The Majority…Like When It Comes To Hating Ben Lyons. « 1979 Semi-Finalist… 2009

  • Blogroll anis mojgani csbg dooce dude he’s the stallion fantagraphics blog five minute marvels jezebel mcsweeney’s mlle in de grote appel pop candy project: rooftop racialicious radio free holly rebecca hahn ross campbell she has no head! supertown the bad plus the beat the best shows … the dairi burger the rejecter top shelf comics when fangirls attack

    On The Precipice of WTF… « 1979 Semi-Finalist… 2009

  • Blogroll anis mojgani csbg dooce dude he’s the stallion fantagraphics blog five minute marvels jezebel mcsweeney’s mlle in de grote appel pop candy project: rooftop racialicious radio free holly rebecca hahn ross campbell she has no head! supertown the bad plus the beat the best shows … the dairi burger the rejecter top shelf comics when fangirls attack

    Best Films of 2008 « 1979 Semi-Finalist… 2009

  • Blogroll anis mojgani csbg dooce dude he’s the stallion fantagraphics blog five minute marvels jezebel mcsweeney’s mlle in de grote appel pop candy project: rooftop racialicious radio free holly rebecca hahn ross campbell she has no head! supertown the bad plus the beat the best shows … the dairi burger the rejecter top shelf comics when fangirls attack

    Why Are We Our Own Worst Enemy? « 1979 Semi-Finalist… 2009

  • Blogroll anis mojgani csbg dooce dude he’s the stallion fantagraphics blog five minute marvels jezebel mcsweeney’s mlle in de grote appel pop candy project: rooftop racialicious radio free holly rebecca hahn ross campbell she has no head! supertown the bad plus the beat the best shows … the dairi burger the rejecter top shelf comics when fangirls attack

    The Jilted League ~ meet Daisy Davenport aka The Blonde « 1979 Semi-Finalist… 2009

  • Blogroll anis mojgani csbg dooce dude he’s the stallion fantagraphics blog five minute marvels jezebel mcsweeney’s mlle in de grote appel pop candy project: rooftop racialicious radio free holly rebecca hahn ross campbell she has no head! supertown the bad plus the beat the best shows … the dairi burger the rejecter top shelf comics when fangirls attack

    Me? Laid Off? Oy. « 1979 Semi-Finalist… 2009

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