Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An East Indian copper coin of the value of one fortieth of a rupee.
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Examples
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I catch my best fish wade fishing at twilight, duck and dawm.
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I catch my best fish wade fishing at twilight, duck and dawm.
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The early slanguists noted that “the dam or dawm is an Indian coin worth barely the fortieth part of a rupee.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The early slanguists noted that “the dam or dawm is an Indian coin worth barely the fortieth part of a rupee.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The early slanguists noted that “the dam or dawm is an Indian coin worth barely the fortieth part of a rupee.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The early slanguists noted that “the dam or dawm is an Indian coin worth barely the fortieth part of a rupee.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Sgt. First Class Steven Lee of Maumae, Ohio with the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry pauses in the pre-dawm hours before his men board Stryker vehicles en route to house to house searches.
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Ashes dawm: series Down Under will restore sport's credbility, says England coach
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Ashes dawm: series Down Under will restore sport's credbility, says England coach
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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