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- noun A
German woman .
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Examples
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"frau" - don't know the English word for it, animal dung perhaps?
Emptying the compost and other garden tasks. magnio 2008
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They finally believed us, and our passports which describe Cecil as my "frau," and artist of Harper's Weekly, an idea of Loosberg's.
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At the first grey dawn of morning the old "frau" came stumbling out of the bedroom, and sat down without ceremony in her big chair.
Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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They finally believed us, and our passports which describe Cecil as my "frau," and artist of Harper's
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis Richard Harding Davis 1890
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The word "frau" conjures up visions of the not-so-svelte housekeeper in
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"frau," and artist of Harper's Weekly, an idea of Loosberg's.
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 1917
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Yes, but then I have to give up the fantasy that I am still a perky, nubile young thing in a respectable 34B, and accept the fact that some old Russian frau will unceremoniously stuff my lovelies into a contraption that looks more suited to carting around weapons of mass destruction than bosoms, and which forces me to accept that my actual measurements are more stubby than tall-boy.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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Separately, Mr. McCrudden was charged with criminal mail frau d in May 2000 in relation to a commodity investment fund he ran in 1996 and 1997, according to court records.
Man Accused of Threatening to Kill Regulators Chad Bray 2011
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Unfortunately, he's a self-promoter, a frau .... 1K - Jul. 12, 2005; scored 399.0
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Yes, but then I have to give up the fantasy that I am still a perky, nubile young thing in a respectable 34B, and accept the fact that some old Russian frau will unceremoniously stuff my lovelies into a contraption that looks more suited to carting around weapons of mass destruction than bosoms, and which forces me to accept that my actual measurements are more stubby than tall-boy.
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