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- noun Plural form of
trow .
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Examples
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In the Faroe islands, Orkney and Shetland tales, trolls are called trows, adopted from the Norse language when these islands were settled by Vikings.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The friendly old Tudor-era tavern, located along the backwater mooring area of the Floating Harbour in Bristol, was named Ye Llandoger Trow after the Welsh community of Llandoger, from whence the cargo barges or "trows" routinely sailed across the Bristol Channel and up the Avon River into the City.
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Now their cairns are all that remain, protective burial mounds that keep the trows away and serve as a reminder that no one should pass their boundary.
“Heroes of the Valley” by Jonathan Stroud (Hyperion, 2009) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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He dreams of the past when the great heroes lived – Svein, Arne, Hakon – and fought the dreaded trows to keep them out of the valley, protecting the villages and people within.
“Heroes of the Valley” by Jonathan Stroud (Hyperion, 2009) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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Also 'it's not the person who throws the first punch who gets into trouble, it's the one who trows the second gets all the attention!
Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A. 2010
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Now their cairns are all that remain, protective burial mounds that keep the trows away and serve as a reminder that no one should pass their boundary.
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He dreams of the past when the great heroes lived – Svein, Arne, Hakon – and fought the dreaded trows to keep them out of the valley, protecting the villages and people within.
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Also 'it's not the person who throws the first punch who gets into trouble, it's the one who trows the second gets all the attention!
Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A. 2010
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His wife was right, his stories of hoodie crows and trows and witches and faeries were too frightening for wee ones.
A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010
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If Edwards is still in, the question becomes where she trows her support.
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