Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
press .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Press; throng.
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Examples
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They were so near to us that their old trees were visible; and beyond them lay those great plains of our country called prees (prairies) all so alike, and as monotonous as the neighboring seas.
The Story of a Child Pierre Loti 1886
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"prees" or crowd of critics who, even in that early day, were wont to look upon each new book as a camel that must be put through the needle's eye of their tender mercies.
Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived William Joseph Long 1909
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They dont care, your sons and daughters wil continue to die when they're sitted in the whitehouse giving speeches to prees!
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May 28, 2010 at 4:04 pm oh no diziz a experomont werd prees bi eetin mi commintz.
Cheech and Chong: - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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I mean come on man, black man-prees, black chrome bag, and no water bottle riding on a big salt block?
BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz! BikeSnobNYC 2008
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I reead this book, and im actually doing it for a booktalk , prees =
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Yesserdai eye tryed tu change mye name, but wurd prees held mye commentz fur a looog tyme.
shock & awwww - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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And thou were the goodelyest persone that euer came among prees of knyghtes.
A History of English Prose Fiction Bayard Tuckerman
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_Place_ was to have been the last word; _and in prees_ was carelessly _added_, instead of striking out _place_.
Caxton's Book of Curtesye Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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Or i_n_ the prees right manerly to davnce. wha_n_ me_n_ se a child of suche governavnce,
Caxton's Book of Curtesye Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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