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- noun Plural form of
somerset .
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Examples
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And there are few products I feel more loyal to than Somersets's shaving oil £3.50, somersets.com.
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His conversation, full of caustic humor, of bitter satire, follows the gait of his body; suddenly it abandons its tone of vengeance and turns sweet, poetic, consoling, gentle, without apparent reason; he falls into inexplicable silences, or turns somersets of wit, which at times are somewhat wearying.
A Daughter of Eve 2007
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Bankruptcy and repudiation are the springboards from which much of our civilization vaults and turns its somersets, but the savage stands on the unelastic plank of famine.
Walden 2004
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And Mr. H will demonstrate ten somersets he'll undertake on solid ground
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (Takes 1 & 2) Beatles 1996
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And Mr. H will demonstrate ten somersets he'll undertake on solid ground
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (Take 7 & Effects Tape) Beatles 1996
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And Mr. H will demonstrate ten somersets he'll undertake on solid ground
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! Beatles 1967
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"See, then, father, if you are!" retorted the wide-awake youth, going out of the room in ground and lofty tumbling, and up-stairs in somersets.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 Various
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The ladies dance also in a similar manner, but without the vaulting and somersets.
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny
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This is true even of the air-somersets and hand-springs which are not so commonly cultivated by gymnasts; but it is especially true of all exercises with apparatus.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 Various
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Little Arabs and Soudanese ran ahead of the procession turning somersets and clapping their hands in hilarious glee.
The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs
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