Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spelling of
stale .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun engraving A handle, as of a mop; a stale.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, obsolete A
handle , as of amop ; astale .
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Examples
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Mr taylors need to be free and come black to his lovin country mama Liberia we stail love him please leave him along.
Global Voices in English » Africa: Blogging the trial of Charles Taylor 2009
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I think these movies are fab: They do need better car Stunts thought than the last out it was getting abit stail on the car front and the action, here hoping that Vin Diesal, Paul Walker, have a better outing with Fast Five.
Vin Diesel & Paul Walker Hitting the Gas Again for 'Fast Five' « FirstShowing.net 2010
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Grey kitteh: wel otay. fluffy stole meh mowsie toi, den de goggie knok ober de plant an de stoopy hooman blaimed meh. den aye wen owtside & it wuz rainin & meh pawsies got all wet & aye cudnt fin meh towel ob drynezz, de hooman gabe meh krunchiez dat waz stail an naow u keepz buggin meh cauz aye doan wanna talk.
U wanna talk about it? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Bad wurd slipt fru nd wuz awn awlredy stail fred so bai tiem ai putz awn mai ofishul shuz tu go manetane da daikorum wuz tu lait.
U were snoring agin. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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December 29, 2007 at 12:28 am in a militairy stail, in a militairy stail
ROFL - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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"Did you ever 'ave Tamsin to stail, sonny?" asked the Cap'n.
The Birthright Joseph Hocking 1898
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He tried to turn raand, but that ommost twisted his tail off, then he planted his feet firmly i 't'graand, wi his tail stickkin' straight aght like a brooish stail, an 'luk'd at Chairley, as if for some explanation.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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Ha monny have to creep aght o'th 'seet, into ony sooart ov a low hoil, mix up wi bad compny, -- first pine, then beg, then stail -- an' all this becoss they've had th 'misfortun to be ragged.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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He held it towards me with both his hands hold of the stail.
Life of James Mars, A Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut. Written by Himself. 1864
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Lurial 15 January 2009 at 10: 41 am god this story has been front page forever, this sites starting to get stail braver13 15 January 2009 at 02: 22 pm
Damn Interesting Alan Bellows 2010
skipvia commented on the word stail
A long, straight stick fashioned for tool handles.
November 20, 2007