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- noun Plural form of
tamer .
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Examples
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Last week (June 13th) I removed the grates and 'tamers' to clean out the unit and noticed that one of the five burners was split and all of the others were rusted.
unknown title 2009
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And 1, who am composed of those first horse tamers, have not had their red anger bred out of me.
Chapter 18 2010
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On the path right in front of me sat a small container of animal-control feed, something lion tamers use to make creatures obey their every command.
Master of Mirrors Amanda Marrone 2011
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At the dawn of the nineteenth century, twenty-five thousand girls and women were transported from the British Isles to Australia to serve as "tamers and breeders" in a land where men outnumbered women nine to one.
Deborah Swiss: The First Female Flash Mob Deborah Swiss 2010
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/Associated Press Indian bull tamers held onto a bull during a harvest festival in Pongal, India, Tuesday.
Asia in Pictures 2012
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At the dawn of the nineteenth century, twenty-five thousand girls and women were transported from the British Isles to Australia to serve as "tamers and breeders" in a land where men outnumbered women nine to one.
Deborah Swiss: The First Female Flash Mob Deborah Swiss 2010
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In two-thirds of households, men still are the primary outdoor flame tamers.
Haute Coals: Frilly Grilling on the Backyard BBQ Gwendolyn Bounds 2011
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On the path right in front of me sat a small container of animal-control feed, something lion tamers use to make creatures obey their every command.
Master of Mirrors Amanda Marrone 2011
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"He was a great artist and one of the best tamers across Europe," said Cristina Segura, a Spanish trapeze artist known as Pinito del Oro.
Top Lion Tamer Dies in Madrid Santiago P 2010
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They'd been playing lion-tamers at the time, and I ended up freaking out an Interflora lady by ordering Mum some spring flowers "with a whip".
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