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origin.
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original(ly)
Example Sentences
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“Dr. Drama, he sued me to cover, was discovered to be true, hence paid him nothing as he orig. requested,” she wrote.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2014
In the orig. the text runs on in the above passage, which is generally done in old books to save room.
From Shakespeare Jest-Books Reprints of the Early and Very Rare Jest-Books Supposed to Have Been Used by Shakespeare by William Carew Hazlitt
In the orig. descr. the number of this sp. is said to be 8195.
From Taxonomic Notes on Mexican Bats of the Genus Rhogeessa by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
Audit ale, a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Hundred, hun′dred, n. the number of ten times ten: a division of a county in England, orig. supposed to contain a hundred families.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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