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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
stop .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the caustic phrase of novelist and baseball writer Kevin Baker, speaking to bronxbanterblog.com, Mr. Jeter the shortstop "has now become the Ancient Mariner: He stoppeth one of three."
Over the Mountain, Over the Hill? Allen Barra 2011
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“Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.”
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It is in vain: the ACoC and TEC are snakes and they are not listening: Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear.
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If a shortstop made a couple of errors, but recovered to make a good play on a ground ball, Red would say, "And like the Ancient Mariner, he stoppeth one in three."
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My answer to all who try to stoppeth me: "Now wherefore stopp'st thou me; fuhgedaboudit!"
"Now, it was clear that a lot of the people in this particular focus group were as dumb as posts." Ann Althouse 2008
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How about Coleridge: "And he stoppeth one of three."
"Now, it was clear that a lot of the people in this particular focus group were as dumb as posts." Ann Althouse 2008
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He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
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So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
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Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
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