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- noun Plural form of
honor . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
honor . - adjective More challenging than normal, applied to classes in school.
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Examples
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The one discarding a tile that permits another player to win must bear the entire losses of all other players; if the player winning had any of the following four combinations of tiles exposed at the time of discarding, _unless the discarder himself had two complete doubling honors and was waiting for the winning tile_ or _was waiting for the winning tile which would give him more than two doubling honors_.
Pung Chow The Game of a Hundred Intelligences. Also known as Mah-Diao, Mah-Jong, Mah-Cheuk, Mah-Juck and Pe-Ling Lew Lysle Harr
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As for the doubling honors, each set or combination doubles the total score once, and if there are five _doubling honors_ in a hand, the total score should be doubled five times -- for example: a player goes
Pung Chow The Game of a Hundred Intelligences. Also known as Mah-Diao, Mah-Jong, Mah-Cheuk, Mah-Juck and Pe-Ling Lew Lysle Harr
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Putting my name on the label honors me, my family and Sherpas.
Mary Orlin: The Himalayan Sherpa Behind This Wine Label Mary Orlin 2011
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Putting my name on the label honors me, my family and Sherpas.
Mary Orlin: The Himalayan Sherpa Behind This Wine Label Mary Orlin 2011
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The label honors Policy's five children: two daughters and three sons - a pair and three of a kind, or card player's full house, "casa piena" in Italian.
SFGate: Top News Stories Deborah Grossman 2010
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The title honors Howe for his many years of exemplary service to the university.
San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2009
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Do you know that when you become a junior, if you're getting very high marks, you can have what we call honors work.
Captured By History: One Man's Vision of Our Tumultuous Century 1997
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Of course the big daddy of Philippine literary honors is counting down to the traditional April 30 deadline.
Deadline Reminders: Palancas and New Genre Review « BAHAY TALINHAGA 2009
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Of course the big daddy of Philippine literary honors is counting down to the traditional April 30 deadline.
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It is clear that such frauds gain honors they do not deserve.
NEWS February2010 2010
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