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  • Basement cat iz discom… discombobu… discombeh… dizzy!

    Upon leaving the basement for the first time, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • "O 'course, she ain't really' is woman," he said con - versationally, thoroughly delighting in Jon-Tom's discom - fort.

    The Day of the Dissonance Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • There was a discom -- forting sense of evil about the beings which aided them, an awesome alienness.

    The Weird Of The White Wolf Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977

  • There was a discom -- forting sense of evil about the beings which aided them, an awesome alienness.

    The Weird of the White Wolf Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977

  • But their earlier thirst was now more than discom - fort, it was agony in mouth and throat.

    Web Of The Witch World Norton, Andre 1964

  • We melted snow and ice, and existed through the frozen months, but with an amount of discom - fort which made us unwilling to repeat at least that special phase of our experience.

    The Story of a Pioneer Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919 1929

  • In this home, each tries to make the other happy, by giving up some little comfort, or putting up with some little discom-fort, so that no angry sound falls upon the ear of that Mother whom all love, and who loves all alike.

    The Third Reader, Designed for the Use of Primary Schools, Adelaide de Vendel 1864

  • I say arduus, cos it was parrylisin, discom-fertin, & puzzlin.

    The Bad Boy At Home And His Experiences In Trying To Become An Editor - 1885 Metta Victoria Fuller Victor 1858

  • My dearest father will think I have been very long in doing the little I have done; but my mind is so anxiously discom-fited by the continued suspense with regard to M. d'Arblay's proposition and wish, that it has not been easy to me to weigh completely all I could say, and the fear of repeating what had already been offered upon the subject has much restrained me, for

    The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 Fanny Burney 1796

  • DERC penalizing the discom in south Delhi for ‘‘unprecedented power cuts†™ †™ and formulating a policy which stipulated fines for discoms in case of outages in future.

    The Times of India 2010

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