Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A clumsy kind of boat used on the coasts of Coromandel in India, and in Ceylon, sometimes decked, and occasionally furnished with an outrigger.
- noun In Guam, a name of several species of Capsicum, especially of varieties of Capsicum annuum and C. frutescens.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon.
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Examples
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Recovery will take time and I am extremely grateful and relieved that we have a real leader in the White House. doni
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Hmmm, possible categories - everyday items; things that are round; things that fit in a pocket?? doni in Lincoln NE
A nothing day - and the contest revisited! katelnorth 2007
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Donnie Darko was blah i mean the story was good but the problem was that it was ssllloooowww and in the end you just see -spoilers- the image of that time traveling hole , you dont feel it you dont feel the heroic act of doni and watchmen the movie was a piece of stylish stupid crap from some racist homophobia dude called zack something i dont wanna remember pj on Dec 28, 2009
Another Controversial Decade List: IMDb's Top 25 Movies « FirstShowing.net 2009
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In ogni epoca la Chiesa si tiene applicata al compito suo, che è di aiutare l'uomo a rendersi consapevole della sua terrena ed eterna vocazione; ad apprezzare nella giusta collocazione gerarchica i doni della Provvidenza; ad usare rettamente della libertà; a posporre l'interesse e i capricci personali alla fedeltà ai principii ed al servizio del prossimo.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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The yutzes don't see what's in Spa - doni, and locals shouldn't have it, let alone bandits.
Destiny's Road Niven, Larry 1997
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Paul Vario, who took a piece of everything that went in and out of Kennedy Airport, was neutral, as was Black Paul Mattaccino from Astoria, who, like Grandfather, controlled segments of the insurance and fire protection industries, as well as the Fulton Fish Market and the humongous import - export business owned by the Venetian, don Enrico Gol - doni.
Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995
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She was with Bernice because her husband, Marco Gol - doni, Enrico's older brother, had had a stroke.
Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995
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You think the Gol - doni family capos are gonna just roll over an 'let me scratch their stomachs?
Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995
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New York/Tokyo A mockingbird's insouciant calling ushered in Margarite Gol - doni DeCamillo's return to Astoria.
Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995
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* Ex nequissimis in ipso vitae exitu gratia invenit quos adoptet, cum tamen multi, etiam qui minus nocentes videantur, doni hujus alieni sunt.
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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