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- noun Plural form of
grape .
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Examples
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II. i.74 (39,5) [Yes, but you will, my noble grapes, as if] T.ese words, _my noble grapes_, seem to Dr. Warburton and Sir T. Hammer, to stand so much in the way, that they have silently omitted them.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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In 2002, when he was 14 years old, he went to the library to find out what the English word "grapes" meant and he stumbled across a science book for elementary school students called
Boing Boing Mark Frauenfelder 2011
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Such sour grapes from the Republicans on this message board!!!
'I know I have a lot to learn from each of you,' Franken says 2009
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I anxiously await the appearance of the first Concord grapes from the farm nearby.
Laura Silverman: Flight Of The Concords: Grape Sorbet Laura Silverman 2010
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WOW Senator McCain – Still sour grapes from the Bush administration and losing the election??????
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Tawny port or Cognac (yes, brandy from grapes is a wine, no?)
Christmas fruitcake: impossible food-wine pairing?!? | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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I anxiously await the appearance of the first Concord grapes from the farm ...
Laura Silverman: Flight Of The Concords: Grape Sorbet Laura Silverman 2010
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I anxiously await the appearance of the first Concord grapes from the farm ...
Laura Silverman: Flight Of The Concords: Grape Sorbet Laura Silverman 2010
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I anxiously await the appearance of the first Concord grapes from the farm nearby.
Laura Silverman: Flight Of The Concords: Grape Sorbet Laura Silverman 2010
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I find it interesting, especially given a life time of lectures from France on terroir alongside criticisms of French non-varietal labels, that it is in grapes such as Syrah that French Rhone wines seem to hold up better in the market while the New World sinks.
chained_bear commented on the word grapes
"Anyone else want my Weeboks planted in their grapes?!" --Stewie Griffin, Family Guy
November 23, 2007
ruzuzu commented on the word grapes
"4. plural In farriery, a mangy tumor on the leg of a horse."
--from the Century Dictionary definition for grape.
January 18, 2011