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After a year or two in office, our friend Van Stingey found Fortune rather adverse to him, a thing not unusual with the worshippers of that fickle goddess; for not only was he put out of office by the influence of the "furren" vote thrown against him, but his farther promotion even in the church became almost problematical.
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I thought following “dem furren laws” was a BAAAAAD thing.
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I thought following “dem furren laws” was a BAAAAAD thing.
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Maybe furren comtishin is adversity enough without sowing dissension in theranks.
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I put on my good-old-girl accent, dropped the lingo Bill had given me, and he said "Ah don't hardly ever work on furren cars, but pop the hood, let's look at 'er."
I DEFINE LOVE AS THINKING WELL ABOUT SOMEONE Maggie Jochild 2007
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They should be checked out first to assure they are a proper Christian church, not one of those furren places.
Should churches receive government funding without restrictions? - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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They should be checked out first to assure they are a proper Christian church, not one of those furren places.
Should churches receive government funding without restrictions? - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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Ai speck diz iz parrotphrazing response peeps get wen dey adopp frum furrenn contree…dat der are alodda kids needin haums heer, so furged furren unes.
Angelina kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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~ Did I ever tell 'ee, bor, about t' new squoire o 'these parts -- him wot cum hum yesterday from furren lands?
Happy Days 1919
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Did I ever tell 'ee, bor, about t' new squoire o 'these parts -- him wot cum hum yesterday from furren lands?
The Holiday Round 1919
chained_bear commented on the word furren
"Furrens, in shipbuilding, are pieces to supply the deficiency of the timber in the moulding way."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 161
October 13, 2008