Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sculpture representing a standing young woman clothed in long robes, especially one produced in Greece before the fifth century BC.
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- noun art An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Museum of Classical Archaeology in Cambridge has a nice plaster reconstruction of the Peplos Kore (a kore is a young woman, a peplos a garment).
Classical sculptures were painted Ray Girvan 2003
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The Museum of Classical Archaeology in Cambridge has a nice plaster reconstruction of the Peplos Kore (a kore is a young woman, a peplos a garment).
Archive 2003-09-01 Ray Girvan 2003
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Food places usually have picture menus you can point at 'kore' is the most useful Japanese word, I swear.
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But he escaped, and the Swiss congratulated each other heartily ( "kore").
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922
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This "kore" is longer than the ordinary sleeve, so long in fact that a man with his hand inside is rendered helpless.
Hellenica 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874
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Japan korai INDIA kara tsutawaru kono oshie ORIENTARU SHIRUKURO-DO wo kayotte ima koko e sensou to iu rekishi wo motanai no wa "kore" dake sono kangae no okage de jun wo motanakute ii
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Money's not the answer to the problem (problems always around) Look inside and feel the, feel the fire, feel the fire now Far east higashi hiizuru kuni kono shima wo mezashita hitobito yo kore zo touyou EKIZOCHIKKU Japan korai INDIA kara tsutawaru kono oshie ORIENTARU SHIRUKURO-DO wo kayotte ima koko e sensou to iu rekishi wo motanai no wa "kore" dake sono kangae no okage de jun wo motanakute ii n 'da yo ne ii n' da yo sonna ni kataku nani narazu ni kata no chikara wo nukiashi wo kuzushite RIRAKKUSU daga ima da aru no wa hito ni taisuru fushinkan sore ga torinozokarereba iranee n 'da kakubakudan * We look, we don't see mite minai furi Much hypocrisy, how can this all be ... kami to wa hito ga koeteku kabe mugen no kanousei hikidasu tame kannen no yuugi ja nakute jissen to iu keiken no naka de honshitsu no minuku dousatsuryoku to jidai wo yomitoru senken no mei wo yashinau no wa ima we are the ladies and gents Expand, magnify, magnify your finale Expand to the horizon's end now Breath it in, no need to frown now Rize above the problem and see it for what it is This generation is the next step to A future of harmony, it's true We've got to unite
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Money's not the answer to the problem (problems always around) Look inside and feel the, feel the fire, feel the fire now Far east higashi hiizuru kuni kono shima wo mezashita hitobito yo kore zo touyou EKIZOCHIKKU Japan korai INDIA kara tsutawaru kono oshie ORIENTARU SHIRUKURO-DO wo kayotte ima koko e sensou to iu rekishi wo motanai no wa "kore" dake sono kangae no okage de jun wo motanakute ii n 'da yo ne ii n' da yo sonna ni kataku nani narazu ni kata no chikara wo nukiashi wo kuzushite RIRAKKUSU daga ima da aru no wa hito ni taisuru fushinkan sore ga torinozokarereba iranee n 'da kakubakudan * We look, we don't see mite minai furi Much hypocrisy, how can this all be ... kami to wa hito ga koeteku kabe mugen no kanousei hikidasu tame kannen no yuugi ja nakute jissen to iu keiken no naka de honshitsu no minuku dousatsuryoku to jidai wo yomitoru senken no mei wo yashinau no wa ima we are the ladies and gents Expand, magnify, magnify your finale Expand to the horizon's end now Breath it in, no need to frown now Rize above the problem and see it for what it is This generation is the next step to A future of harmony, it's true We've got to unite
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She was nineteen and a junior, stood like a Greek kore, and was nonintrusively friendly.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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She was nineteen and a junior, stood like a Greek kore, and was nonintrusively friendly.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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