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- noun Plural form of
hamper . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
hamper .
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Examples
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Beverages_. – 3 dozen quart bottles of ale, packed in hampers; ginger-beer, soda-water, and lemonade, of each 2 dozen bottles; 6 bottles of sherry, 6 bottles of claret, champagne à discrétion, and any other light wine that may be preferred, and 2 bottles of brandy.
To Say Nothing of the Three Crates of Picnic Provisions « Dyepot, Teapot 2008
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It is still shoved in hampers waiting to be folded later this evening.
"I'm very impressionable." "I've noticed." tragic_elegance 2007
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The war they are waging on the NYT is simply one front in the war they wage on anyone or anything which impedes or "hampers" the President's will in any way.
Archive 2006-07-01 Glenn Greenwald 2006
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They see each of these balancing forces as something which -- to use Alberto Gonzales' revealing description -- "hampers" the power of the President.
Exemplary Americans - The Press asserts itself - Abrogating the Geneva Conventions Glenn Greenwald 2006
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The war they are waging on the NYT is simply one front in the war they wage on anyone or anything which impedes or "hampers" the President's will in any way.
Light holiday fare Glenn Greenwald 2006
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They see each of these balancing forces as something which -- to use Alberto Gonzales' revealing description -- "hampers" the power of the President.
Archive 2006-07-01 Glenn Greenwald 2006
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The women likewise make a kind of hampers to carry corn, flesh, fish, or any other thing which they want to transport from one place to another; they are round, deeper than broad, and of all sizes.
History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz
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There are numerous accessories arranged in the foreground, such as hampers of cold chicken pie, hams of the richest pink and yellow hues, and baskets of champagne, and it would be interesting to know who pays for all.
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In my school, as in most others, we received now and again "hampers" from home.
"Hosts and Guests" 1919
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The women likewise make a kind of hampers to carry corn, flesh, fish, or any other thing which they want to transport from one place to another; they are round, deeper than broad, and of all sizes.
Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States Thirteenth Annual Report of the Beaurau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896 pages 3-46 William Henry Holmes 1889
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