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laniard

[ lan-yerd ]
/ ˈlæn yərd /

noun

a variant of lanyard.

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Words nearby laniard

languor, languorous, langur, lani-, Laniakea, laniard, laniary, Lanier, laniferous, Lanikai, La Niña
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Example sentences from the Web for laniard

  • We hauled off the laniard of the whipstaff, and helped the man at the helm.

    Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift

  • We hauled off upon the laniard of the whip-staff, and helped the man at the helm.

    Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift

British Dictionary definitions for laniard

laniard
/ (ˈlænjəd) /

noun

a variant spelling of lanyard
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