Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
turtle .
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Examples
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"I tink-um 'bout quallah mile, mebbee, four-piecee tortle all-same weatha bow."
Moran of the Lady Letty Frank Norris 1886
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Den I pik up da tortle dat I savd frum da rode an I luk at him an zay, “Harild, wtf, why der no intarweb?” an’ Harild juz snoff like tortlz do an say “i wunt anoder bloobary.”
I’S WAITIN FOR ESTER BUNNAY!!1! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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Am I like a tortle, that goes around the fields a hundred years? "
The Story of Kennett Bayard Taylor 1851
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