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- verb obsolete to
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Examples
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"Yes, sir," says he, "my master's gaw --" when at the "gaw" in walks Mr. Hock, the own man!
Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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"Yes, gaw --" Just as she was at this very "gaw" Tug roars out, "La, Pa! here's Mr. Bar, uncle Tug's coachman!"
Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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I actually think it conserves more water because you tend to lower the water flow of the faucet to avoid splashes (if it functions that way). peter gaw on 21 Apr 2009 at 7: 49 pm #
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Bull ghweyey gao (genderless in Persian, modified by nar gaw for bull)
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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Bull ghweyey gao (genderless in Persian, modified by nar gaw for bull)
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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I spent most of the morning thumb wrestling with Verizon tech support (and you know just how much fun that can be), before deciding to simply make a ritual sacrifice at the Temple of Jobs and receive, in return, a gorgeous, simple, smooth-running gee-gaw that somehow connects me to the interwebs without asking me to input the last four digits of pi.
Conference Calls of 03/24/08, UPDATED with Clinton Audio - Swampland - TIME.com 2008
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No Gadgets for Haiti is a site on which you can take the cash you were going to waste on yet another shiny plastic gee-gaw and send to to do some good in Haiti, where things seem to be getting still worse.
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Every new technology, fabric, aerodynamic ge-gaw has to be bought and debated about.
Jim Garfield: Coming Home to Race in the Chicago Triathlon 2009
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Because in Cantonese, yu gaw nei zho yeh, yiu tou yow mei.
American Chinatown Bonnie Tsui 2009
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Because in Cantonese, yu gaw nei zho yeh, yiu tou yow mei.
American Chinatown Bonnie Tsui 2009
reesetee commented on the word gaw
A channel or furrow made with a spade or plow on the surface of soil to drain off water from a field, pond, or other body of water.
July 31, 2008