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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The number of eggs laid by a hen before she sits.
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Examples
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I fink i went BOOM frum lafter, just liek teh soop
This children is called a - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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July 20, 2008 at 8:45 pm sm herz. i kilz mi hooman after shi put mi n a frly pnk dres. swl=splodes wit lafter arn iz cwoot?
tunite - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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January 5, 2008 at 10:23 am scents of humor needed Stat for thebrade tee hee oh the laughter = eau de lafter berry berry funnee
Trombone connected 2 da cat bone - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ninety days lafter she went to jail, she has a phone call that causes her release.
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No sooner were my lord and lady seated, than they both, with igstream dellixy and good natur, burst into a ror of lafter, peal upon peal, whooping and screaching enough to frighten the evening silents.
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Stewart ran for 19 yards on the next play and lafter completed a 10-yard pass to Hawkins to set up Kris Brown's go-ahead, 32-yard field goal with 2: 14 left.
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Just as I was on, Desperation begins a porring the hair with his 4 feet, and sinks down so on his anches, that I'm blest if I didn't slip hoff agin over his tail, at which Ballybunnion & the hother chaps rord with lafter.
Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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No sooner were my lord and lady seated, than they both, with igstream dellixy and good natur, burst into a ror of lafter, peal upon peal, whooping and screaching enough to frighten the evening silents.
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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They larfed ready to split their sides; they fairly lay down on the ground, and rolled over and over with lafter.
The Clockmaker Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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They larfed ready to split their sides; they fairly lay down on the ground, and rolled over and over with lafter.
The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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