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  • I am getting increasingly frustrated and worried about our future as these know norts are our leaders!

    What A Bunch Of Plonkers « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • On the weather side they opened the gun-norts, and the straining gun crews dragged the guns up the slope A rogue wave slapping against the side came in through the ports and flooded the deck knee deep in water; but the Frenchman must see those gun muzzles run out on the port side.

    Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962

  • Two of the new arrivals were small two-oeckers — sixty-fours, probably — and the lower tier of gun-norts in each case might be farther above the water line than one might expect.

    Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962

  • A ragged cheer went up from Hotspur's crew, and Hornblower, turning, saw that every idle hand was craning out of the gun-norts, peering aft at the Frenchman.

    Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962

  • There was a roar and a rattle as the hands went to their quarters, as the gun-norts opened and the guns were run out.

    Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962

  • In the South, the oversized shirt with Nike running shorts (norts), sneakers, tube socks, and Ray-Bans combo is so common that it’s often referred to as the “srat” or, more offensively, the “sorostitute” uniform.

    Why Sorority Girls Dress Alike Stephanie Talmadge 2017

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