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from The Century Dictionary.
- Middle English forms of
anon .
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I am nowmore convinced than everthat a well-made riesling can easilyage 10-20 years andthat riesling can take onan entirely different characteristics between the 10 and 20 year mark.
Jason Feulner 2009
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I am nowmore convinced than everthat a well-made riesling can easilyage 10-20 years andthat riesling can take onan entirely different characteristics between the 10 and 20 year mark.
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I am nowmore convinced than everthat a well-made riesling can easilyage 10-20 years andthat riesling can take onan entirely different characteristics between the 10 and 20 year mark.
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Lastnight, I appeared onan hour-long phone in on Five Live listening in amazement as Angela Smith and Barry Gardiner defended Brown.
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Lastnight, I appeared onan hour-long phone in on Five Live listening in amazement as Angela Smith and Barry Gardiner defended Brown.
Either debt goes up, or goes down. It really is that simple. 2009
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If I didn't write, I might just shrink up and go live onan ashram, or in a cave.
Film 2009
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He has gotten a lot of people talking and discussing and acting onan issue that normally would not have been on the radar screens.
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See thisthreeminuteMcCain attack video ~which could easily be seen as a pro Obama ad reinforcing Barack's effect onan America starved for another choice.
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If not then what good can a new leader possibly do, is there enough time , could the Party agre onan electorally plausible programme anyway?
Could February and October 2009 be like 1974 in reverse? 2008
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The Eastern Master was known forhis fearless stance onan approach which hetaught should be free from hesitation, true to the purity of the tradition, and utterly fresh in approach to the scriptural texts.
Spiritual Warrior…author John-Roger a rip-off! « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture 2008
BrainyBabe commented on the word onan
See onanism. Dorothy Parker named her canary Onan, because he spilled his seed upon the ground.
December 28, 2008