dl
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Baseball, Older Use. disabled list.
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Slang. down-low (used in the idiomon the down-low ).
Nate told me on the DL what happened, so I’m not saying a word without his OK.
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“Masters world squat record, open world bench record, masters world dl record, and masters world total record! Still processing …”
From Washington Post • May 16, 2019
Cunard's Mauretania, commissioned in 1907, is still the fastest British ship but her old records have been broken by Germany's Bremen and Europa, Italy's Conte dl Savoia and Rex.
From Time Magazine Archive
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W. Norse kadl exhibits the change of ll to dl.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias
Craen” afgedrukt bij De Jonge a. w., dl.
Zie den brief zonder handteekening, te vinden bij De Jonge, a. w., dl.
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