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ormer

[awr-mer] / ˈɔr mər /
NOUN
abalone
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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My only regret is that you failed to acknowledge the author of so much of what is now coming into fruition: ormer Mayor Raymond Tucker.

From Time Magazine Archive

The man before the court last April, under indictment for fraud and embezzlement, was Philipp Auerbach, f ormer head of the Jewish restitution office in Bavaria.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then followed a scraping with ormer shells, and, in a few minutes, the black pig was divested of his hairy coat.

From The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story by John Roussel

For one with artistic tastes and love of colour like myself, the interior of an ormer shell is a veritable fairy grotto.

From Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles by Ernest R. (Ernest Richard) Suffling

The ormer adheres to the rocks like the limpet tribe, but is seldom seen above low water-mark, like the limpet, who loves to be exposed to the sun and air twice a day.

From Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles by Ernest R. (Ernest Richard) Suffling


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