Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Obsolete strong preterit of
climb .
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Examples
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The young ones clamb about Stokes: the boy jumps into an arm-chair.
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At seven years 'end she got her iron shoon, clamb the glassy hill, and chanced to come to the auld washerwife's habitation.
Blue Fairy Book 1889
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At seven years 'end she got her iron shoon, clamb the glassy hill, and chanced to come to the auld washerwife's habitation.
The Blue Fairy Book Andrew Lang 1878
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I clamb up the bank, sat doun on ma doup on a bit hillock, an 'took the leeberty o' lichtin 'ma pipe.
Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Archibald Forbes 1869
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So high she clamb, that Gilbert might not get her,
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 1 George Gilfillan 1845
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So high she clamb, that Gilbert might not get her,
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete George Gilfillan 1845
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The young ones clamb about Stokes: the boy jumps into an arm-chair.
The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Bloatsheet bounced through the kail-yard like a maukin, clamb over the bit wall, and off like mad; while Blister was feeling Magneezhy's pulse with one hand, and looking at his doctor's watch, which he had in the other.
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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Bloatsheet bounced through the kail-yard like a maukin, clamb over the bit wall, and off like mad; while Blister was feeling Magneezhy's pulse with one hand, and looking at his doctor's watch, which he had in the other.
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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He let some mo 'niggers clamb up in de same tree wid us.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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