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- noun Plural form of
doge .
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Examples
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Republicans and these so called blue doges are just playing the Health Industry.
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As Mr. Ackroyd puts it with an out-dated British sniff, the doges themselves engaged in trade.
A Grumpy Ride Along the Canals Judith Martin 2010
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I keep forgetting to blogroll my doges over at Claw of the Conciliator and Old Testament Space Opera.
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Old doges can teach modern political scientists new tricks, according to a paper by two computer scientists who analyzed the long and cumbersome — but ultimately very effective — means by which the Venetian Republic elected its sovereign-for-life.
Primary Sources 2007
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The family were masters of references to antiquity, designing the tombs of doges to hint at triumphal arches, outlining them with classicizing moldings, pilasters and columns, and populating them with robust saints and warriors in Roman armor.
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Old doges can teach modern political scientists new tricks, according to a paper by two computer scientists who analyzed the long and cumbersome — but ultimately very effective — means by which the Venetian Republic elected its sovereign-for-life.
Primary Sources 2007
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She went on to say that the Villa had been commissioned by the Foscari bothers, one of Venice's most noted doges.
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I keep forgetting to blogroll my doges over at Claw of the Conciliator and Old Testament Space Opera.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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The Council of Ten always elected weak old men as doges.
The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008
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The memory of my humiliation erased all thoughts of doges and secret books, and even the promise of a love potion.
The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008
bilby commented on the word doges
In Venice it raines cates and doges.
April 22, 2009
reesetee commented on the word doges
Heehee!
April 23, 2009