bort
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“When my father said daay bort, pronouncing the word ‘deport’ by breaking it into syllables that creaked like a door opening and shutting,” she writes, “I felt its decree.”
From New York Times ● May 14, 2023
It is tempting to wonder whether some curious misprints – "luther" for either; "bort" for both – constitute a sly joke about our own language-processing abilities.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2010
O barn af Finland, byt ej bort Din ädla fosterjord!
From Through Finland in Carts by Mrs. (Ethel) Alec-Tweedie
The best plan is to procure a bit of "bort" which has been used in a diamond drill, and whose properties have therefore been tested to some extent.
From On Laboratory Arts by Richard Threlfall
O barn af Finland, byt ej bort Din ädla fosterjord.
From Through Finland in Carts by Mrs. (Ethel) Alec-Tweedie
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