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- noun Plural form of
dwarf . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
dwarf .
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Dwarf Complete: Here is an adventure puzzle game that features dwarfs from the Lineage II game, and On claims it will pose quite a challenge for you.
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Dwarf Complete: Here is an adventure puzzle game that features dwarfs from the Lineage II game, and On claims it will pose quite a challenge for you.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
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The Pygmies were a nation of dwarfs, so called from a Greek word which means the cubit or measure of about thirteen inches, which was said to be the height of these people.
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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The Pygmies were a nation of dwarfs, so called from a Greek word which means the cubit or measure of about thirteen inches, which was said to be the height of these people.
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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After these, I shall not here descend to the inferior kinds, which some call dwarfs, and common juniper-like shrubs, fitter to head the borders of coronary gardners, and to be shorn.
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663
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The Gore legal brief argues that the right to have all the votes counted "dwarfs" -- their word -- any possible objections by the Bush campaign.
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The potential price tag dwarfs most other infrastructure projects.
New Bridge Set on Fast Track Andrew Grossman 2011
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The New York guys all break up at the idea of dwarfs using Pursettes as torches, but the president of Campana frowns and everybody shuts up.
From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010
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Theory predicted that galaxies like the Milky Way would be surrounded by nearby satellites—dim, pathetic galaxies called dwarfs, waiting to merge.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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The New York guys all break up at the idea of dwarfs using Pursettes as torches, but the president of Campana frowns and everybody shuts up.
From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010
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