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  • See also: henry and HENRY English Wikipedia has an article on: Henry Wikipedia IPA(key): /ˈhɛn.ɹi/ From Middle English Henry, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman)...
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    L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō),   (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w...
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  • did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the look-out for the mendicancy squad. - The Gift of the Magi - "O. Henry" - 1906...
    316 bytes (41 words) - 02:34, 28 June 2024
  • all wool and a yard wide (dated) Of high quality. about 1900, O. Henry, The Missing Chord And that was the piano that Uncle Cal had selected; and standing...
    300 bytes (44 words) - 03:16, 16 July 2023
  • ǫ́:weh really Marianne Mithun, Reginald Henry (1982) Wadęwayę́stanih - A Cayuga Teaching Grammar, 3rd edition, Woodland Cultural Centre, published 2015...
    114 bytes (22 words) - 15:10, 28 March 2022
  • sealskin +‎ -ed. sealskinned (not comparable) Dressed in a sealskin. 1910, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Fifth Wheel”, in Strictly Business‎[1]:...
    341 bytes (47 words) - 23:46, 18 August 2024
  • afrite (plural afrites) Alternative form of ifrit 1910, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], Strictly Business‎[1]: As I rounded the corner nearest...
    410 bytes (55 words) - 17:50, 28 July 2022
  • bottle-oh From bottle +‎ -o (diminutive suffix). (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbɔdl̩əʉ/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɒtələʊ/ bottle-o (plural bottle-os) (Australia...
    3 KB (307 words) - 10:29, 2 June 2024
  • on his $500 overcoat of baby sealskin. The laprobe that he drew about them was as warm as velvet." O. Henry. Christmas by Injunction. borelap, ropable...
    528 bytes (66 words) - 01:45, 19 August 2024
  • braggy (comparative braggier, superlative braggiest) Prone to brag. 1909, O. Henry, The Gentle Grafter‎[1]: "'That was only getting the pumpkin ready,' says...
    1 KB (88 words) - 00:09, 19 August 2024
  • (plural cheek bones) Alternative spelling of cheekbone 1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s...
    381 bytes (79 words) - 14:44, 27 December 2023
  • superlative most dentistic) (dated) Relating to dentistry or to dentists. 1906, O. Henry, “The Green Door”, in The Four Million: This mode of dentistic advertising...
    504 bytes (68 words) - 02:40, 19 August 2024
  • Thursday morning, as it were, — I posted it on the Wednesday night […] 1910, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Poet and the Peasant”, in Strictly...
    841 bytes (100 words) - 14:58, 24 January 2024
  • superlative most galluptious) wonderful; fascinating; delightful 1910, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Thing's the Play”, in Strictly...
    573 bytes (61 words) - 17:49, 28 July 2022
  • and collected 1921, Edison Marshall, “The Heart of Little Shikara”, in O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921‎[1]: There had been none among them...
    1 KB (129 words) - 23:43, 18 August 2024
  • extraordinarios, la antología de Borges y Bioy Casares, viene firmado por O. Henry y me huele a gato encerrado. Se llama “El sueño” y es breve y borgeano...
    529 bytes (87 words) - 00:26, 14 April 2023
  • redolences) (uncountable) The quality of being redolent. 1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s...
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  • victim's affairs and premises. Antonym: outside job 1908, O. Henry, The Complete Works of O. Henry [pseud.].: The gentle grafter, page 142: ... while the...
    2 KB (211 words) - 07:18, 12 July 2024
  • superlative most antireal) Opposing or countering reality. 1999, Harold Bloom, O. Henry, page 24: But finally to return to literary conventions, it is plot, more...
    671 bytes (79 words) - 01:24, 19 August 2024
  • participle fixed someone's clock) Synonym of clean someone's clock 1909, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “He Also Serves”, in Options‎[1]: High...
    309 bytes (73 words) - 06:19, 22 January 2024
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