finner

/ (ˈfɪnə) /

noun

another name for rorqual

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DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?

"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Word Origin for finner

C18: from fin 1 + -er 1

Words nearby finner

finnan haddie, finnan haddock, finnbogadóttir, finned, finnegans wake, finner, finney, finnic, finnick, finnicky, finnish

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Example sentences from the Web for finner

Miss Finner sighed and looked rather sadly out of the window.
Mrs. Vanderstein's jewels|Mrs. Charles Bryce
The finner had said he was too fat to count; but that is where the finner was wrong.
The Treasure of the Isle of Mist|W. W. Tarn
During the day we had seen adelie and ringed penguins, also several humpback and finner whales.
South!|Sir Ernest Shackleton
The species most commonly seen was the Finner; after that the Blue Whale.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2|Roald Amundsen

"It may interest you, Mr. Finner, that I have selected you as one of the chosen," he remarked casually.
In the Orbit of Saturn|Roman Frederick Starzl

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