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- proper noun astronomy an alternative name for the
star Alpheratz , orAlpha Andromedae
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Examples
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I agree with your comments about Fat Jon's album, especially about "Sirrah" It rocks :
What’s New In Dart’s iPod #9 AKA The Dirty Midwest Edition Dart Adams 2007
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"Sirrah," cried the shepherd, in great affliction, "my man, they're a 'awa."
A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals Percy J. Billinghurst
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The lord seeing that, "Sirrah," says he, "do you not know me, that you use no reverence?"
The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900
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Lamb, "Sirrah," said he, "if it was not you, it was your father, and that's all one."
Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse Various 1865
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The wolf, finding it to no purpose to argue any longer against truth, fell into a great passion, snarling and foaming at the mouth as if he had been mad; and, drawing nearer to the lamb, "Sirrah," says he, "if it was not you, it was your father, and that is all one."
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"Sirrah," said Lord Howard, "is this no fetch, to cheat us out of your pardon for these piracies of yours?"
Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Charles Kingsley 1847
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"Sirrah," said the offended stranger, "I shall have you taken before a justice."
The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life Robert Cruikshank 1828
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"Sirrah," said I, "are you aware that I am going to carry these keys straight to the lieutenant of police, and to bespeak a place for you on the gibbet?"
The Robbers Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
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"Sirrah," said I, "are you aware that I am going to carry these keys straight to the lieutenant of police, and to bespeak a place for you on the gibbet?"
The Works of Frederich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
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"Sirrah," replied the spider, "if it were not for breaking an old custom in our family, never to stir abroad against an enemy, I should come and teach you better manners."
The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces Jonathan Swift 1706
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