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- noun Plural form of
remora .
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Examples
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Friar John told us that in the days of yore two sorts of fishes used to abound in our courts of judicature, and rotted the bodies and tormented the souls of those who were at law, whether noble or of mean descent, high or low, rich or poor: the first were your April fish or mackerel (pimps, panders, and bawds); the others your beneficial remoras, that is, the eternity of lawsuits, the needless lets that keep 'em undecided.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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April fish or mackerel (pimps, panders, and bawds); the others your beneficial remoras, that is, the eternity of lawsuits, the needless lets that keep ‘em undecided.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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April fish or mackerel (pimps, panders, and bawds); the others your beneficial remoras, that is, the eternity of lawsuits, the needless lets that keep ‘em undecided.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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The court therefore held that the objectors 'counsel, which it described as "remoras" i.e., suckerfish), were "entitled to an award equal to their contribution ... nothing."
The 10b-5 Daily 2009
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It also has the occasional threat like remoras swimming right at you — what the hell is wrong with that fish?
Wild Mind: Writing as Spiritual Practice | Write to Done 2009
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As a possible 2012 farm bill looms, the ag committee leaders and their industrial agriculture lobby remoras are sorting through the smoking ruins of the 2011 secret farm bill process.
Donald Carr: The Farm Bill Is a Climate Bill Donald Carr 2012
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Apart from the mystery meat of sponsors that could latch onto my Twitter stream like remoras on to Great Whites, I lingered on how the Twitter community regards me.
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I flop onto my back, a pillow-propped baby tucked into the crook of each arm. and the two little remoras latch right on.
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I flop onto my back, a pillow-propped baby tucked into the crook of each arm. and the two little remoras latch right on.
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Apart from the mystery meat of sponsors that could latch onto my Twitter stream like remoras on to Great Whites, I lingered on how the Twitter community regards me.
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