Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
pair .
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Examples
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The prisoner, who had been removed during the deliberation, was brought in and "His nails upon his fingers were riven and pulled off with an instrument, called in Scottish a 'turkas,' which in England we call a 'payre' or 'pincers' and under everie nayle there was thrust in two needles over, even up to the heads.
The Necessity of Atheism David Marshall Brooks
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May 22, 2010 at 8:44 am ai gotsa stai owt uv teh doller stoar…ai maid a kwik run tew pik up wun payre uv flip flops an ended up spendin ober twenny munnies
Even in the animal kingdom, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Ai keep gettin kikked awf lyke a old stinkee payre ov lowfurs!
If you say moo one more time - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Hea is teh payre of jandals for whereing on teh foots
Iz tellin u - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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January 12, 2008 at 5:42 am an eech payre liddle moar warn dan teh nex.
Centipede Cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Shaping in this context has a history; it was first used in 1564 in an English archdeaconry: “His shappinge apparell was a yowlowe sattanne dublet and a payre of housse.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Shaping in this context has a history; it was first used in 1564 in an English archdeaconry: “His shappinge apparell was a yowlowe sattanne dublet and a payre of housse.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Shaping in this context has a history; it was first used in 1564 in an English archdeaconry: “His shappinge apparell was a yowlowe sattanne dublet and a payre of housse.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Captaines house, where before I dyned, I had a payre of fetters clapped on my legges, wherewithall I sate vntill it was Munday in the Easter-weeke.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Shaping in this context has a history; it was first used in 1564 in an English archdeaconry: “His shappinge apparell was a yowlowe sattanne dublet and a payre of housse.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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