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Examples
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Then the waters will rise and lift all boats even though they will also recede, finally-- saving us all from gorbal warming flooding.
"We could lose a generation of potential and promise..." Ann Althouse 2009
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I wonder how much angry heat from Al's movie contributes to gorbal warming?
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In my opinion most liberals view Al Gore's movie as scientific evidence for gorbal warming.
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However, he was a cautious little gorbal who, after many threats to rise, always seemed to come to the conclusion that he might do worse than remain where he was, and when he had completed his first year I lost patience with him.
The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens 1898
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The birdie sure to sing is the gorbal of the nest.
Chantry House Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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The birdie sure to sing is the gorbal of the nest. '
Chantry House Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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The birdie sure to sing is the gorbal of the nest.
Chantry House Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
mercy commented on the word gorbal
"unfledged bird"
August 12, 2011