Example sentences for: abbreviated

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  • Names of apples like cleopatra and democrat, of potatoes like bintje, black derwent, and kennebec, carry a Tasmanian stamp (in Australia at any rate), as does the mutton bird (the shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris )—which has given Tasmanian English the verb mutton bird or in its abbreviated form bird, as well as lexical oddities like dizz (`cook a mutton bird') for those foolhardy enough to contemplate such a feat.

  • Little wonder that foreign-born Israelis, especially those who were taught old-world manners, soon learn to parrot another abbreviated sabra expression: they describe the offender as having a Padas Pa(rtsuf) d(oresh) s(tira) a face that invites a slap.

  • Or cobber , a now obsolescent word for a friend, or digger , which began as a term for a goldminer, then inexplicably became a term for an Australian or New Zealand soldier in WWI and is now similarly obsolescent, even in the abbreviated term of address dig .

  • Preliminary analyses made adjustments for 5-year age groups; these analyses included telephone interview respondents for variables asked in both the full and abbreviated interviews.

  • Puerto, as this town is often abbreviated to, has neither good beaches nor the abundant sunshine of the south, yet for many travelers it is the most complete resort on the island.


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