Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The East Indian name for the concentrated juice or syrup of the date-palm, Phœnix dactylifera, a kind of coarse or half-made sugar. Also called
jaggery . - noun Same as
dziggetai .
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Examples
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Of course if you happen to be in eastern arnhem land, the word that might prove useful is ‘Golola’ - sounds like ‘goor-loh-lah’.
Cheeseburger Gothic » Anyone besides Orin and me watching Stargate Universe? 2009
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Now is the time for all goor superdelegates to come to the aid of their party.
Now Is The Time for All Good Superdelegates To Come To The Aid of Their Party 2008
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Think about yourself when you were fifteen, and figure out if you could have been a goor role model to any younger child ...
Video: Annie Leibovitz and Miley Cyrus: Vanity Fair Fair, Vanity 2008
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For example, if you're traveling alone, a ghurfa li-shakhS waaHid (goor-fah lee-sha-kes wah-heed; single room) is more appropriate than a ghurfa lishakhsayn (goor-fah lee-shak-sayn; double room).
Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006
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One hundred and fifty dirhams for one night. wa kam thaman ghurfa li-shakhsayn li muddat layla waaHida? wah kam tah-man goor-fah lee-shak-sayn lee moodat lay-lah wah-hee-dah?
Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006
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Chapter 13: Staying at a Hotel Amine: wa fii ` ay Tabaq haadhihi al-ghurfa? wah fee ay tah-bak hah-zee-hee al-goor-fah?
Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006
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The peasants there in (Viranto) used to say goor-bye
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The light colored cane, yellow, inclining to white; deeper yellow when ripe, and on rich ground, it is the same sort as that which grows in the West India Islands; softer, more juicy than the Cadjoolee, but juice less rich, and produces sugar less strong; requires seven maunds of pooree juice to make as much goor or inspissated juice as is produced from six of the Cadjoolee.
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This grain is frequently fermented to form the basis, in combination with goor or half made sugar, of the common arrack of the natives, and in the hills is fermented into a kind of beer or sweet wort, drank warm.
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_Er zad er ood'n -- Er ont goor_, for, _he will not go_,
The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire James Jennings
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