spue
Americannoun
verb
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- spuer noun
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Nesbit drew from Revelation 3:16, which in the King James Bible says, “So then because thou art lukewarm … I will spue thee out of my mouth.”
From Washington Times
Matthew's stargazing wise men would thus have been "spued out of the mouth" of the Jewish Jehovah.
From Project Gutenberg
They tried to spue out their bits and covered them with foam, as if rebellious, yet submitted to the will of the riders.
From Project Gutenberg
They belong to the large Laodicean lukewarm class, of whom he who sought their allegiance said he would "spue them out of his mouth."
From Project Gutenberg
Now I believe in what The Spectator stands for, and I admire its creed enormously, but the expression of its opinions makes me spue.
From Project Gutenberg
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