Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mountain.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I suspect that Gordon will have someone else up his slieve...so all is not lost for Blears!
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That's their proper name and I slieve the Kennel Club have brought it in When they were brought here from armany after the First World War there was a It of anti-German feeling -- hence we used the iphemism "alsatian".
Put On By Cunning Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1981
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-- Henry B. Pitner, La Porte, Ind. -- This invention consists of an iron thimble or slieve provided on each end in the inside with a screw thread into which are fitted ends of brass or composition, or other metal softer than iron, in such a way that said metallic ends will not turn in the box, and so that the axle bears only upon the softer metal.
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Before if you did at least you could have aletter up your slieve showing a booking date, but now you don't even have that.
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