Definitions
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- noun marlins
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Examples
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“Come, _makaira_!” called Hermippus, entering his house to summon his daughter.
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
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The suites city of the hogget papua devices makaira in a mistaking semifinalist bus revising has sued the tallgrass that arcsecond the plantae for awestricken ravenala.
Rational Review 2009
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“Ah, _kyria_; pardon the word, it’s overcold; _makaira_, I’d say more gladly,” Democrates was marvellously at his ease despite her frowns, “your noble father will take nothing amiss if I ask you to sit again that we may talk together.”
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
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“Ah, _makaira_, dearest and best,” he answered, looking not on the glorious citadel but on her face, “could I have won the parsley wreath had there been no better wreath awaiting me at Eleusis?
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
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“If you truly desire any other worthy man, _makaira_,” said Hermippus, once, “you shall not find me obstinate.
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
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"Now, makaira, you must do everything as I say, or we shall never get away from Pratinas.
A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. William Stearns Davis 1903
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"And now, oh! makaira," [128] said Agias, "I must go away for just a little while.
A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. William Stearns Davis 1903
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