Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An awl.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete An awl.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete  An awl .
Etymologies
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Examples
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								In our phone interview for N'Digo, the lovely Cathy Hughes, Founder and Chairperson of Radio One, says oh, hell-to-the-nawl. 
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								Emanuel tried to reclaim his Ravenswood home that he rented to tenant Rob Halpin, but when Rahm asked Halpin to vacate the premises early, Halpin said hell-to-the-nawl, and that he was running for mayor too! Zondra Hughes: 10 Shocking, Scandalous and Significant Chi-Town Moments Zondra Hughes 2010 
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								June 6th, 2008 12: 58 pm ET hell to the nawl! candycane 
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								Emanuel tried to reclaim his Ravenswood home that he rented to tenant Rob Halpin, but when Rahm asked Halpin to vacate the premises early, Halpin said hell-to-the-nawl, and that he was running for mayor too! Zondra Hughes: 10 Shocking, Scandalous and Significant Chi-Town Moments Zondra Hughes 2010 
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								Pleez tu excuse dis off topik nouncmint, ( which ai iz makin at ebri nawl old lol) ( ai haz da citmint). If you say moo one more time - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009 
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								Pleez tu excuse dis off topik nouncmint, ( which ai iz makin at ebri nawl old lol) ( ai haz da citmint). GIVE A CAT A FISH - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009 
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								Pleez tu excuse dis off topik nouncmint, ( which ai iz makin at ebri nawl old lol) ( ai haz da citmint). ALLMOST got it! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009 
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								Red wins a nawl spence payed trip to de nawty barn! who needs 3 sqware meals a day? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009 
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								Dats cyoot n whittee nawl, bot Ai finkso dat he wuzinna ty wif Ambercat…no? Plz for penniez a day - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008 
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								AWL (O.Eng. _ael_; at one time spelt _nawl_ by a confusion with the indefinite article before it), a small hand-tool for piercing holes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various 
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