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- noun biochemistry A
calcium -binding protein found inphotoreceptor cell of theeye
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LadeezMan42: u still recoverin from operation turkey?
Danielle Crittenden: The Secret Presidential IMs: Bush and Clinton Talk Turkey 2008
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"We'll be able to start recoverin 'if those Russian Kingfishes don't burn our ass first."
Countdown Douglass, Keith 1994
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"I remember hearing you say you'd be glad to have a hand in recoverin 'it; and I guess you meant it every time, Paul," came the reply.
The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain George A. Warren
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Ernie, he braces himself by grippin 'a chair-back and makes a stab at recoverin' his usual stiff-neck pose.
Torchy and Vee Sewell Ford 1907
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"I don't own 'em, missus; but, from what I can hear, they're restin 'and recoverin' their strength."
News from the Duchy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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He was supposed to be recoverin 'but was somehow botchin' the job.
The Window-Gazer Isabel Ecclestone Mackay 1901
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Thursday 'e was in' orspital recoverin 'from' is sanguinary encounter with
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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There's the chance o 'him recoverin', an 'draggin' himself out o 'the water.
The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy Edward Dyson 1898
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At this, Easy Aaron gets up an 'coughs' round for a moment or two, recoverin 'his nerve; then he buttons his surtoot, assoomes airs of sagacity, tucks the Texas Statootes onder his arm, reepairs to the
Wolfville Nights Alfred Henry Lewis 1885
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Quickly recoverin 'himself, he hoarsely ordered the crew to git the stomach and internals av that shaark overboard and git cleaned down.
The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Paul Boyton 1881
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