Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The singular of sortes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A lot; also, a kind of divination by means of lots.
- noun a form of divination anciently practiced, which consisted in taking the first passage on which the eye fell, upon opening a volume of Homer or Virgil, or a passage drawn from an urn which several were deposited, as indicating future events, or the proper course to be pursued. In later times the Bible was used for the same purpose by Christians.
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Examples
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Mah kitteh thinx mah hed iz a sors of warmz wen aiz sleepin :/
It’s a warm AND a source of noms. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Rice noodlolz wiv prorns an chikkin an vej an curree sors.
Yur flashlite in heer nawt wurkin. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Here Mohammed worshipped with his predecessors including Abraham, Moses and Jesus.
Archive 2009-04-01 Hels 2009
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Is totus went campana sursum ut EGO changed schola procul tredecim quod instituo novus sors had got off ut a racing satus quod erant a annus imperative obduco tendo nunquam per quoniam extrico ex meus subjunctive obduco trunco quod meus conjugating nunquam per revoco.
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Heu j'gagne bien mais ca veut pas dire que dans la vie de tous les jours j'm'en sors pour autant hein!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009
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Is totus went campana sursum ut EGO changed schola procul tredecim quod instituo novus sors had got off ut a racing satus quod erant a annus imperative obduco tendo nunquam per quoniam extrico ex meus subjunctive obduco trunco quod meus conjugating nunquam per revoco.
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Here Mohammed worshipped with his predecessors including Abraham, Moses and Jesus.
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem (661-91) - beautiful colours, splendid proportions Hels 2009
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Is totus went campana sursum ut EGO changed schola procul tredecim quod instituo novus sors had got off ut a racing satus quod erant a annus imperative obduco tendo nunquam per quoniam extrico ex meus subjunctive obduco trunco quod meus conjugating nunquam per revoco.
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Bess wiv reely crissp baykin, and wiv unhelfy bred fryed on wun said, and lait cohtin of braun sors or kechup.
The day the barking - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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May 7, 2008 at 6:19 am if you be cleekin on mai naime, yew see teh blog! braun sors is mayded by pretty ladies ai hab to say dat cus my mummeh used to werk at teh factree in burminum!
The day the barking - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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