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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Examples

  • 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.

    Polls: Clinton does better in the swing states 2008

  • "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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