Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of removing blubber from a whale.
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- verb Present participle of
scarf .
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Examples
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And I have to say, you are the first congressman I've ever spoken to who has used the phrase scarfing down pizza with his roommates.
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After all, if you're ethically opposed to eating animals, the idea of scarfing seitan on Tuesday and then polishing off a porterhouse on Sunday would be tantamount to blasphemy.
Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: Can You Be A Weekday Vegetarian? Jennifer Grayson 2010
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After all, if you're ethically opposed to eating animals, the idea of scarfing seitan on Tuesday and then polishing off a porterhouse on Sunday would be tantamount to blasphemy.
Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: Can You Be A Weekday Vegetarian? Jennifer Grayson 2010
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After all, if you're ethically opposed to eating animals, the idea of scarfing seitan on Tuesday and then polishing off a porterhouse on Sunday would be tantamount to blasphemy.
Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: Can You Be A Weekday Vegetarian? Jennifer Grayson 2010
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After all, if you're ethically opposed to eating animals, the idea of scarfing seitan on Tuesday and then polishing off a porterhouse on Sunday would be tantamount to blasphemy.
Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: Can You Be A Weekday Vegetarian? Jennifer Grayson 2010
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The method known as "scarfing" is used for the joining of timber in the direction of its length, enabling the workman to produce a joint with a smooth or flush appearance on all its faces.
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham
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In those years, people dealt with the vacant houses by burning them down, a practice that became so routine in the 1980s that the mob made a business of it, stripping glass doorknobs and mahogany mantelpieces before setting the blaze in a process known as "scarfing," said
NYT > Home Page By SABRINA TAVERNISE 2010
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In those years, people dealt with the vacant houses by burning them down, a practice that became so routine in the 1980s that the mob made a business of it, stripping glass doorknobs and mahogany mantelpieces before setting the blaze in a process known as "scarfing," said
NYT > Home Page By SABRINA TAVERNISE 2010
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"Milligan apparently was killed by a practice known as" scarfing ": choking off one's oxygen supply to intensify the effect of an orgasm.
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When I say I go native in France, I mean I spend up to four hours eating lunch and dinner daily and drinking wine all the while scarfing down great seafood and cheeses and, when not engaging in such decadence, I´m out sightseeing or visiting great museums or napping.
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