Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In wearing, the length of the warp-threads stretched out between the heddles or harness and the warp-beam.
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HilBilly has done her damage to Obama - by failing to admit she campaigned porry, had a poor campaign structure, had to demote a key advisor for conflict as an active lobbyist while working for her campaign (can you imagine what she would had done/said if that had been in Obama's campaign), and by continuing to campaign as thought FL and MI were treated unfairly, she is doing the damage.
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"And you've only got to talk to the porry old Bursar for five minutes and you think you're going a bit potty yourself, am I right?"
Idiocy as Disease Richard Nokes 2006
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