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A bet is synonymous with a wager, but what does it mean in New York?
Also fore·spent [fawr-spent, fohr-] /fɔrˈspɛnt, ˈfoʊr-/ .
Words nearby forspent
for short, for show, forsook, forsooth, forspeak, forspent, Forssmann, for starters, Forster, forsterite, Forstner bit
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Example sentences from the Web for forspent
No wonder there is an appalling infant mortality, while a childbed death is too often the fate of the forspent mother.
The Old World in the New|Edward Alsworth Ross
British Dictionary definitions for forspent
forspent
forespent
/ (fɔːˈspɛnt) /
adjective
archaic tired out; exhausted
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