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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
souse .
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Examples
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Such a house would be too dangerous for a collection of elderly WWII souses — No fire alarms!
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This is killing me but i have heard from other souses that are having the same thing happen.
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This is killing me but i have heard from other souses that are having the same thing happen.
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And what a vulture of a man must he be, who souses upon his prey, and in the same moment trusses and devours?
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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[Marginal note: Two Venetian souses or Soldi amount but to one peny English.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Gunners: namely Wine, Pottage, Cheese, and Bakon: all the which things were brought to the walks as heed did require in very good order, so that no souldier there spent anymore in bread than two souses a day.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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In the same way as men do, the bird mixes mud and chaff together; if it runs short of mud, it souses its body in water and rolls about in the dry dust with wet feathers; furthermore, just as man does, it makes
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Goodness knows she needn't be afraid my paws are dirty, for I haven't been over the threshold since I came here, for a breath of fresh air; beside, every morning she souses me head over heels in a tub of water, till
Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends Fanny Fern
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So the farmer has to be an expert, and when the water in his barrel is just hot enough, he souses the porker in it, holding it in the hot bath the right length of time, then pulling it out and scraping off the hair.
The Iron Puddler Davis, James J 1922
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Guess I just dreamt about a bunch of souses turkey-trottin 'along the sidewalk?
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