Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In com.: Formerly, an allowance of 2 pounds in every 3 hundredweight on certain goods, after the tare and tret were taken, that the weight might hold out in retailing.
- noun Now, in England, any deduction or allowance from the gross weight. Also written
clough .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Formerly an
allowance of twopounds in every threehundredweight after thetare andtret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of smalldeductions from the original weight.
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Examples
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* PB setz teh eggstra larj tablol faw ebbrewun wib a jie norm us tablol cloff nd hung dredz ob plaitz *
The Lord - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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* Runz awraond wib teh drinkz trawlly nd serbs ebbreewun nawt-sekkund, tehn sitz daon nd tuks teh cloff unda himz chin *
The Lord - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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* PB haz tukt in teh tablol cloff unda himz chin *
I can’t go on any further……. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Ai haz boi buffink cloff iffin sum ob teh YNGs is not lukking so buff.
Oh bringer of food, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Ai wuns had 2 pikk up teh cloff awn teh tabul wiv ebbryfing innit bai teh cornerz an dump it in anuvver room an shut teh dore wen a neighbour foned an sed she waz bringin me sumfing in 5 minnits!
I notised yous forgot to pack me. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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August 12, 2008 at 6:52 am bee shuer 2 put in da soffener cloff
Is OK, dog - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ai wud tu iyf Ai hadda sittes dere wif a taybul-cloff awn mai hed;
yassir arracat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Heerz a floofy warsh cloff… anna kullerd aig 4 yoor baskit, anna chawklit bunny, anna inbitayshun 4 Eester dinner.
I payz half now. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Soffens it laike tearree cloff an geds ridda borring tekschur to sumpin moar incheressin an originul.
New facial scar - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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U gotz 2 put teh cloff en plastik ornamintz onna bottum, so wen kitteh steelz dem en playz wif dem en pushiz dem down teh stayrz u ken juss pik dem up en put dem onna tree agen.
I freakin love - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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