Definitions
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- interjection dated
Touch wood ;knock on wood ; an injunction to fate that nothing will go wrong.
Etymologies
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Examples
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For a long time I thought that what she was muttering was in Hebrew, until I knew enough German to recognize the word unberufen, which literally means “not summoned up.”
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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For a long time I thought that what she was muttering was in Hebrew, until I knew enough German to recognize the word unberufen, which literally means “not summoned up.”
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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For a long time I thought that what she was muttering was in Hebrew, until I knew enough German to recognize the word unberufen, which literally means “not summoned up.”
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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For a long time I thought that what she was muttering was in Hebrew, until I knew enough German to recognize the word unberufen, which literally means “not summoned up.”
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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I wonder if she would still be saying unberufen if she were alive today.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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I wonder if she would still be saying unberufen if she were alive today.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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I wonder if she would still be saying unberufen if she were alive today.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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I wonder if she would still be saying unberufen if she were alive today.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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In the meanwhile I thank God that you are _unberufen_ all well, and, in sorrow or in joy,
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol 2 (of 3), 1844-1853 A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
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I wish you could see Pussy now; she is (_unberufen_) the picture of health, and has just cut her first eye-tooth, without the slightest suffering.
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
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