Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete form of
press .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb obsolete, obsolete, obsolete To press; to crowd.
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Examples
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Immigrant: prease excuse my poor Engrise, what is "srease"?
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In case of keepping to reft, prease to move arse to light lane.
Move over Jersey drivers, Manahan takes on the left-lane lingerers 2009
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If on fire prease make utilize hand grenades to get fires to move out.
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Be at the peme, prease, of not forgetting or mere betoken yourself to hother prace!
Finnegans Wake 2006
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Aaaw “can I speak to barry prease vis is loooocy” in such a teeny teeny voice aaaaw!!
the-moo Diary Entry the-moo 2005
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And he abode three or foure dayes at the sayd breach, continuing since it was made, vnto the end, fighting with his enemies euery day in great perill of his body: for oftentimes hee put himselfe further in the prease then needed for the danger of his person, but he did it for to hearten and strengthen the courage of his people, being so well willing to defend and die for the faith.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Herrow prease, me rove you rong time for happy end five dollar.
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Fat wagged his head a few times to check that it was still there and said, in his imitation English, 'Missa Stuss, Auntie, she say she ha' bad head, prease you no tor 'so row', she want go slee '.'
A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978
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'Yessah, Missa Stussa, prease lee, see Margey' moller. '
A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978
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To be short, this thing was granted, and they came foorth, howbeit they were no sooner entred into the prease, but they were all slaine, and not one man of them preserued.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First Raphael Holinshed
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