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verso.

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Other definitions for vo. (2 of 2)

V.O.

abbreviation

very old (used especially to indicate the age of whiskey or brandy, usually 6 to 8 years old).

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The Supreme Court eventually stepped in and ended legal segregation in the landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education.
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And so the “Glo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ria” in this number earns it a spot on my list.
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He came at David O. Selznick's urging, and together they made Rebecca, Spellbound, and The Paradine Case.
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Add a pop of color with a bright violet v-neck blouse from 3.1 Phillip Lim.
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Take the case of Herx v. Diocese of Fort Wayne, an employment discrimination suit in the Seventh Circuit.
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Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
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U was an Usurer, a miserable elf; V was a Vintner, who drank all himself.
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O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!
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D'o l'on peut aussy veoir, quelle esperance il y a de planter une belle chrestient par tels evangelistes.
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That they may know thee, as we also have known thee, that there is no God beside thee, O Lord.
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British Dictionary definitions for vo. (1 of 2)

abbreviation for

very old: used to imply that a brandy or whisky is old; now often extended to port and other dessert wines

Royal Victorian Order

British Dictionary definitions for vo. (2 of 2)

vo.

abbreviation for

verso

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