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  • noun Plural form of fork.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fork.

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Examples

  • This elegant revolution occurred about 240 years ago; and never since that day have there been wanting English protesters against the infamy of eating without forks; and for the last 160 years, at least, against the paganism of using _steel _forks; or, 2dly, two - pronged forks; or, 3dly, of putting the knife into the mouth.

    Autobiographical Sketches Thomas De Quincey 1822

  • Just saying I believe in forks in no reason enough for the choice.

    Reflective Surface - Why Ubuntu and not Debian? 2005

  • Destinies flicker in snaking forks from the fabric of space.

    Here Comes The Son 2005

  • Destinies flicker in snaking forks from the fabric of space.

    Archive 2005-05-15 2005

  • The tone produced by these three tuning forks is a bit like an organ.

    Voices Across the Sea 1935

  • Over all rose a loud hum of many voices, and soon to this was added the click of knives and forks from the English mess and the rattle of plates.

    Middy and Ensign George Manville Fenn 1870

  • 23 January 2009 at 3: 41 pm im sorry but the summer schol in forks things is over priced for only three days or so

    Twilight Lexicon » Convention News 2009

  • A dozen forks is perfect for most layer cakes, and having no more than a dozen candles available is perfect if you don’t want to take the chance that someone is going to put the “real” number of candles on your cake.

    Baking Bites » Print » Light Bites 2009

  • A dozen forks is perfect for most layer cakes, and having no more than a dozen candles available is perfect if you don’t want to take the chance that someone is going to put the “real” number of candles on your cake.

    Light Bites | Baking Bites 2009

  • The matter of forks is older than open source itself, and I won’t go into the merits of the question here and now.

    Reflective Surface - Why Ubuntu and not Debian? 2005

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