Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A name for erotic verses or amorous writings of any kind; anacreontics; sapphics: as, the basia of Bonnefons and Secundus.
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- noun the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq
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Examples
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In Polish and Greek, Basia is short for “Barbara”, female barbarian.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Survey of American Jewish Language and Identity 2009
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Once when my sister Marion really wanted the recipe for this salad her birthday party she called Basia to ask for it.
Archive 2006-11-01 esther 2006
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Once when my sister Marion really wanted the recipe for this salad her birthday party she called Basia to ask for it.
tiny little bits esther 2006
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At the foot of the coffin Basia, stretched out on the tiles of the church, is overcome by grief The chaplain beats the tambourine as if he were giving a signal of alarm and exhorts the dead hero to rise from the catafalque and combat the enemy as before.
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Piasecka Johnson, who is known as "Basia," recently sold the world's most expensive piece of furniture: an Italian chest known as the "Badminton Cabinet."
In Pictures: Rich And Under The Radar Forbes.com staff 2006
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Called the PB Kitchen, set up in the home's main hall, and run by chef Barbara "Basia" Patrick, the restaurant serves a modest number of simple entrees every Friday night to a mixed clientele of
Crosscut 2010
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"This young poet has left us three books of Eligies, one of Epigrams, two of Epistles, one of Sylvee, one of Funera, one of gallant pieces, which he has entitled Basia, and some other poetical pro - ductions, which no way relate to any of the above - mentioned kinds of poetry.
Kisses:: Being a Poetical Translation of the Basia of Joannes Secundus Nicolaius. With the ... Secundus Janus, John Nott 1812
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He quickly came to admire the work of Mr. Johnson, who, along with his siblings, famously clashed with their late father's third wife, Basia, in a bitter dispute over the family's pharmaceutical fortune.
A Statuesque Blonde Bombshell Explodes a City's Sense of Decorum Erica Orden 2011
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POLSKI blog reports that Basia, whose voice is familiar to anyone who in the early 1980s danced to Whose Side ...
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Basia, whose voice is familiar to anyone who in the early 1980s danced to Whose Side Are You On?
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