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- noun Plural form of
wherefore .
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Examples
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It is a lie anyway -- for neither the whys nor the wherefores are his own, and he is but a parrot with his nut of a universe.
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HE don't bother us wi 'no' hows 'nor' whys 'nor' wherefores '-- he says we can FEEL
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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HE don't bother us wi 'no' hows 'nor' whys 'nor' wherefores '-- he says we can FEEL
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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HE don't bother us wi 'no' hows 'nor' whys 'nor' wherefores '-- he says we can FEEL
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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Thy 'wherefores' and thy 'whys' shall answered be,
The Geste of Duke Jocelyn Jeffery Farnol 1915
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"wherefores," his "how do you knows" and "how do you proves," that I quite trembled for the victim.
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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"wherefores" of the growing trend precipitated by the rapid disintegr …
MNspeak.com 2009
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"wherefores" of it but it wasn't very good so I'm linking you to the Wikipedia entry.
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"wherefores" of the growing trend precipitated by the rapid disintegr …
MNspeak.com 2009
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The film will probe the excruciating why's and wherefores of this growing global issue.
Pamela Glasner: Mickey Rooney to Star in New Documentary About Elder Abuse Pamela Glasner 2011
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