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ordure

[awr-jer, -dyoor] / ˈɔr dʒər, -djʊər /






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There are poop emoji birthday parties for three-year-olds, people WhatsApping photos of their ordure to friends, TripAdvisor threads on how to avoid or avail yourself of squat toilets.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2018

“It is I, Abigail,” she says, standing there with ordure on her dress, having been booted out of a carriage.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 16, 2018

The alternative — trying to cram all this ordure back into its closet and forget we ever saw it — is, I hope, unthinkable.

From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2017

Forget interacting with the miscreant, which will only result in an ordeal over the ordure.

From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2013

“Pope!” she whispered again, and it was as though he had had a pailful of ordure thrown in his face.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley


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