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- noun Plural form of
quire . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
quire .
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Examples
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To her faithful eye were addressed those formidable quires which issued forth from Mervyn-hall on the wings of the post, while Miss Mannering was a guest there.
Chapter XVII 1917
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To her faithful eye were addressed those formidable quires which issued forth from Mervyn Hall on the wings of the post while Miss Mannering was a guest there.
Guy Mannering 1815
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To her faithful eye were addressed those formidable quires which issued forth from
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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To her faithful eye were addressed those formidable quires which issued forth from
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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To her faithful eye were addressed those formidable quires which issued forth from Mervyn Hall on the wings of the post while Miss
Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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So she doesn't hate gay people (or "quires", as she calls them), she just wants them to live in fear and shame.
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These background checks are outsourced to a corporate security office. _____________ quires that employees pass provide updated medical physicals, passports, and training requirements.
David Isenberg: The GAO Transcripts, Part 17: Use of PSC is Cost Prohibitive 2010
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These background checks are outsourced to a corporate security office. _____________ quires that employees pass provide updated medical physicals, passports, and training requirements.
David Isenberg: The GAO Transcripts, Part 17: Use of PSC is Cost Prohibitive 2010
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The other matter is that up through the 1820s publishers didn't issue "finished" editions for authors to sign; you bought a book in quires of printed pages and, if you chose and could afford to, took them to a bookbinder.
Beware Rare Book Forgeries Tom Post 2009
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