Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bridge.
- noun A large flat-boat; a float.
- noun A ferry-boat operated by means of a cable.
Etymologies
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Examples
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When used properly, John Hurt puts the 'pont' in 'pontificate'.
Scott Mendelson: Summit commissions a script for a Red sequel. Who should be added to the cast? Scott Mendelson 2011
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When used properly, John Hurt puts the 'pont' in 'pontificate'.
Scott Mendelson: Summit commissions a script for a Red sequel. Who should be added to the cast? Scott Mendelson 2011
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We grasped our ropes, and dug our feet firmly into the snow to check the man's descent if the "pont" gave way, but to our astonishment it bore him, and bore us safely after him.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 Various 1885
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We turned to the left, and marched along its edge in search of a "pont"; but matters became gradually worse; other crevasses joined on to the first one, and the further we proceeded the more riven and dislocated the ice became.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 Various 1885
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Approaching town, the train advanced at half-speed. le casanier, la casanière = stay-at-home, homebody une pomme (f) = apple le pain (m) = bread au lointain = in the distance le marché paysan (m) = the farmers 'market le pont (m) = bridge mi-vitesse = half-speed
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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At the River Argentina we crossed the pont* to access the family owned 'Il Ponte' restaurant.
Escapade 2010
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What I find amazing and desperately frustrating to the pont of driving me nuts is that all i want to do when i come to work is Police work ie: taking out the baddies and seeing them punished and helping people etc etc.
Who Said I Lied? (because I never) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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I found Guillaume Apollinaire reading his poem "Sous le pont Mirabeau"; it is a specific recording from his time.
Nicole Garton: Ingenue Interview -- Chloe: Chasser Croiser/The Surreal and Its Echo Nicole Garton 2011
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When Primary Global employees surveyed his work at one pont, they found he'd spoken to 40 clients in 60 days, including 12 out of 15 clients more than once.
Former AMD Manager in Talks to Plead Guilty in Insider Case Michael Rothfeld 2011
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Driving cautiously over the pont, I sensed a tickle of excitement and noticed how the car picked up horsepower, as certain animals do.
French Word-A-Day: 2010
Telofy commented on the word pont
"(...) and I had reached the moment when Father Inire and I had embraced, and I had mounted the pont to the ship of the Hierodules, which was to take me to this ship, the ship of the Hierogrammate, the ship of Tzadkiel, though I did not know it." -- Gene Wolfe, The Urth of the New Sun
October 1, 2008
gulyasrobi commented on the word pont
"pont" in Hungarian means: dot / exactly / just
August 7, 2012