Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of the palmyra-palm, Borassus flabellifer, distributed from Senegambia through the Sudan and Central Africa to German East Africa and the Zambesi. The seeds are used as food, and from the leaves mats are made. See
palmyra , 1, and Borassus.
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Examples
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To place on this year's list, a deceased celebrity -- or "deleb," as industry insiders have dubbed them -- needed to rake in at least $6 million between Oct. 1, 2008 and Oct. 1, 2009.
Forbes.com: News 2009
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To make the list, a "deleb" must have brought in at least $6 million in the past year.
LT Saloon 2009
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Novelty words making the shortlist were "deleb", meaning a dead celebrity, and "tramp stamp", referring to a tattoo on the lower back, usually on a woman.
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Boni: ong Chonyi: mnazi, nazi (fruit) Digo: dzova, mvumo, ngolokolo (fruit), Duruma: mugumo English: borassus palm, African fan palm, palmyra palm, deleb palm Giriama: mugumo
Chapter 7 1999
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Or the novelty words deleb - a dead celebrity and tramp stamp -
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MJ is a deleb (read dead celeb) who keeps raking in the moolah.
Luxurylaunches.com 2010
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Or the novelty words deleb - a dead celebrity and tramp stamp -
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No such luck, deleb - there's no rest for the wicked, and I mean that in the
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No such luck, deleb - there's no rest for the wicked, and I mean that in the
WN.com - Articles related to Va. restaurants prepare for new smoking law 2009
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No such luck, deleb - there's no rest for the wicked, and I mean that in the
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