Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In hunting, the ordure or excrement of the boar, wolf, or bear.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural The leavings or dung of beasts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
animal dung
Etymologies
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Examples
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We are likely to drop into a period of severe Depression and financial instability, and on the other side is a life with less energy, less wealth and a whole host of other "lesses" that make up our new normal.
Energy Bulletin - 2008
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The gridlock also reflects a growing gulf within the so-called developing world between the have-nots and the have-lesses, as "emerging" economies like China and India diverge politically from the interests of poorer nations, even as they antagonize the wealthier nations that have long been the biggest emitters.
Michelle Chen: Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further Michelle Chen 2010
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The gridlock also reflects a growing gulf within the so-called developing world between the have-nots and the have-lesses, as "emerging" economies like China and India diverge politically from the interests of poorer nations, even as they antagonize the wealthier nations that have long been the biggest emitters.
Michelle Chen: Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further Michelle Chen 2010
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The gridlock also reflects a growing gulf within the so-called developing world between the have-nots and the have-lesses, as "emerging" economies like China and India diverge politically from the interests of poorer nations, even as they antagonize the wealthier nations that have long been the biggest emitters.
Michelle Chen: Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further Michelle Chen 2010
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The gridlock also reflects a growing gulf within the so-called developing world between the have-nots and the have-lesses, as "emerging" economies like China and India diverge politically from the interests of poorer nations, even as they antagonize the wealthier nations that have long been the biggest emitters.
Michelle Chen: Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further Michelle Chen 2010
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The gridlock also reflects a growing gulf within the so-called developing world between the have-nots and the have-lesses, as "emerging" economies like China and India diverge politically from the interests of poorer nations, even as they antagonize the wealthier nations that have long been the biggest emitters.
Michelle Chen: Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further Michelle Chen 2010
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The gridlock also reflects a growing gulf within the so-called developing world between the have-nots and the have-lesses, as "emerging" economies like China and India diverge politically from the interests of poorer nations, even as they antagonize the wealthier nations that have long been the biggest emitters.
Michelle Chen: Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further Michelle Chen 2010
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The gridlock also reflects a growing gulf within the so-called developing world between the have-nots and the have-lesses, as "emerging" economies like China and India diverge politically from the interests of poorer nations, even as they antagonize the wealthier nations that have long been the biggest emitters.
Michelle Chen: Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further Michelle Chen 2010
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Experience suggests that most people behave the same, and the work-lesses at least offset the work-mores.
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Experience suggests that most people behave the same, and the work-lesses at least offset the work-mores.
Joe Minarik: "Good Debt" and "Bad Debt?" Joe Minarik 2010
chained_bear commented on the word lesses
According to reesetee, "boar, bear, or wolf doo-doo."
October 24, 2007