sene
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of sene
First recorded in 1965–70; from Samoan, from English cent
Example Sentences
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A locker in the ship's writing room mysteriously "blew out as if it were fed by gasoline or kero sene."
From Time Magazine Archive
This is the tree mentioned by Gower— "This Daphne into a Lorer tre Was turned, whiche is ever grene, In token, as yet it may be sene, That she shalle dwelle a maiden stille."
From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson
Hir over lippe wyped she so clene, That in hir coppe was no ferthing sene Of grece, whan she dronken hadde hir draughte.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
"I've sene lord, and I've sene laird, And knights of high degree, Bot a fairer face than zoung Waters Mine eyne did never see."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
Hire overlippë wypede sche so clene, That in hire cuppë was no ferthing sene Of grecë, whan sche dronken hadde hire draughte.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James
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