Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
sponge .
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Examples
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The PUYI PUYI spounge designed by Kantumi is probably the most amazing thing I've ever seen when it comes to anything that has to do with your dishes.
Super Kawaii Shopping List Sean 2009
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And men seye in theise contrees, that philosophres som tyme wenten upon theise hilles, and helden to here nose a spounge moysted with watre, for to have eyr; for the eyr above was so drye.
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At Costantynoble is the cros of our Lord Jesu Crist, and his cote withouten semes, that is clept tunica inconsutilis, and the spounge, and the reed, of the whiche the Jewes zaven oure Lord eyselle11 and galle, in the cros.
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And men seye in theise contrees, that philosophres som tyme wenten upon theise hilles, and helden to here nose a spounge moysted with watre, for to have eyr; for the eyr above was so drye.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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At Costantynoble is the cros of our Lord Jesu Crist, and his cote withouten semes, that is clept _tunica inconsutilis_, and the spounge, and the reed, of the whiche the Jewes zaven oure Lord eyselle457 and galle, in the cros.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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I for one applaud those who, unlike me, have had the courage to spounge and have fun instead of slaving for a shitty wage.
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At Costantynoble is the cros of our Lord Jesu Crist, and his cote withouten semes, that is clept _tunica inconsutilis_, and the spounge, and the reed, of the whiche the Jewes zaven oure Lord eyselle
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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And men seye in theise contrees, that philosophres som tyme wenten upon theise hilles, and helden to here nose a spounge moysted with watre, for to have eyr; for the eyr above was so drye.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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