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And is all this to be lighted up in the heart for a beggarly account of three or four louis dors, which is the most I can be overreachd in?
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And is all this to be lighted up in the heart for a beggarly account of three or four louis d'ors, which is the most I can be overreached in?
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- And is all this to be lighted up in the heart for a beggarly account of three or four louis d'ors, which is the most I can be overreached in?
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy Laurence Sterne 1740
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* Dodors: from dot-ors, meaning tuft of feathers-tail
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Only one gripe with the entry (and it may be a little unfair): "Things we gave up in order to have a real job, or to actually chase our passions, or to have kids" has too many "ors" to be universal.
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We are not employed as salesmen or pharmacists, or saleswomen, or bank clerks, or merchants 'clerks, or tradesmen, or mechanics, or telegraph operators, or to any degree as State or government officials, and I could keep on with the string of "ors" until to-morrow morning, but the patience of an audience has its limit.
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Various 1905
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There are more "ors," but let's start with these two.
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Lots of "ors" because I think the 49ers, if they miss out on the top three OTs and the top two WRs and the top two QBs, as I have it playing out, won't be 100\% committed to any of the leftovers.
Kawakami 2009
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Designers are experimenting with bolder, brighter col ors.
Why Fashion Can't Break Its Plaid Habit Ray A. Smith 2011
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He builds a rhythm when he gets to the either/ors.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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