Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An awl.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete An awl.
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- 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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