aar
Americanabbreviation
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Commerce. against all risks.
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average annual rainfall.
Example Sentences
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He were a fearful big gobslotch, so I reckon t' helmet will do to wesh aar Jimmy in.
From More Tales of the Ridings by Moorman, Frederic William
Look at it well, it does excel all t' flat-backs i' aar smithy.
From Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems by Moorman, Frederic William
“Why,” hoo says, “I think as thaa's fotched aar Joe daan fro' heaven to hear thee playin'; he seems nearer to me naa nor he ever did sin' he left us.”
From Lancashire Idylls (1898) by Mather, Marshall
The meaning of river, water, must have belonged to this wide-spread root, though I never find it applied as an appellative, apart from the obsolete Dutch word aar, which Pott produces.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
‘Has th' missus towd thee ought abaat aar Milly?’ somewhat sullenly interrogated the father.
From Lancashire Idylls (1898) by Mather, Marshall
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