Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A diffraction grating. See
diffraction .
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Examples
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I looked at him again, remembered his expectant look, the faith in my gitter-dun abilities and I breathed.
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Granted the Commander, on the down low, framed me by feeding La-La sequins; strewing embossing powder about the house and sprinkling hot pink gitter everywhere.
What Ails Me? Zombie Mom 2009
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Seemz a long tyme sinse she went to taht B&B last week…I hope the gaytor didn gitter!
k, iz plugd in - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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And with this Mrs. Shum began sobbin; and Miss Betsy began yowling like a cat in a gitter; and pore missis cried, too — tears is so remarkable infeckshus.
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Her ladyship told me what a sweet gal she was — hamiable, fond of poetry, plays the gitter.
Burlesques 2006
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Her ladyship told me what a sweet gal she was — hamiable, fond of poetry, plays the gitter.
The diary of C. Jeames De La Pluche, Esq., with his letters 2006
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My pappy, he was a go-gitter; he used to stand up on de corn and whoop and holler, and when he got a drink of whiskey in him he went hog wild.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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He is what is known in the cattle country as a "go-gitter."
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I kep 'on linger'n' 'roun' sorter keepin 'one eye on de rheumatiz an' de udder on de distemper, twel, bimeby, I begin fer ter feel de trestle-wuk give way, an 'den I des know'd dat I wuz gwineter gitter racket.
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881
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I kep 'on linger'n' 'roun' sorter keepin 'one eye on the rheumatiz an' de udder on de distemper, twel, bimeby, I begin fer ter feel de trestle-wuk give way, an 'den I des know'd dat I wuz gwineter gitter racket.
Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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