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- noun Plural form of
ferret . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ferret .
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Examples
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* And: Sam Stein ferrets out a fascinating nugget from Ari Berman's new book: Howard Dean accused Rahm of having "contempt" for the liberal base that put Obama in the White House.
Happy Hour Roundup Greg Sargent 2010
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The phrase ferrets fighting in a sack leaps to mind...
George Monbiot V Hazel Blears. FIDO The Dog 2009
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Except he calls the ferrets weasels and asks me how to open the cage.
Freep.com - RSS 2009
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(note: the video was taken with a point and shoot with terrible sound and lighting - the carpet is also covered with ferret food from one of the guys dumping a bowl a few minutes before) 09: 17 in ferrets | Permalink
ferrets 2010
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The thing with ferrets is that they’re not really focused animals.
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The thing with ferrets is that they’re not really focused animals.
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Actually, they're called ferrets in England (and the rest of the world!) no matter what the colour is (sable, black, albino, champagne etc. there's loads of colours).
Personalized Query Rejections, for a limited time only! 2008
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The resolution, legally meaningless, wrongly calls ferrets "not indigenous" and proclaims
Missoula Independent Ted Williams 2010
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For years the firm relied on a system of "ferrets," or managers who monitored trades, to spot problems.
Bear CEO's Handling 2007
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A few bricks removed from the center gave access to the ground below and was not visible to "ferrets" crawling around under to building nor detectable by the "ferrets" big dogs.
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