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- noun Plural form of
gale .
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Examples
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I was about to suggest that extradition orders have more force when backed by 1000 nuclear ICBMS — but then I remembered Bill Clinton and Marc Rich and collapsed in gales of laughter.
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At the long hitching rails under the oaks, where the dismounting party gathered, Paula was in gales of laughter.
CHAPTER XVI 2010
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It even causes the wind to back up and blow gales from the southwest.
THE SEED OF McCOY 2010
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During the journey he tells her of his experiences in gales and hurricanes and she tells him of the gossip of the island and of the Wekley farm up for sale soon, a farm adjoining his father's.
“Samuel! There was a rolling wonder in the sound. Ay, there was!” 2008
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If you tried that at a convention of historians (or even semi-literate people), you'd bring down the house (in gales of laughter).
Balkinization 2007
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If you tried that at a convention of historians (or even semi-literate people), you'd bring down the house (in gales of laughter).
Balkinization 2007
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If you tried that at a convention of historians (or even semi-literate people), you'd bring down the house (in gales of laughter).
Balkinization 2007
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If you tried that at a convention of historians (or even semi-literate people), you'd bring down the house (in gales of laughter).
Balkinization 2007
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If you tried that at a convention of historians (or even semi-literate people), you'd bring down the house (in gales of laughter).
Balkinization 2007
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If you tried that at a convention of historians (or even semi-literate people), you'd bring down the house (in gales of laughter).
Balkinization 2007
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