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borrow 1. Golf a deviation of a ball from a straight path because of the slope of the ground 2. material dug from a borrow pit to provide fill at another Borrow George (Henry). 1803--81, English traveller and writer. His best-known works are the semiautobiographical novels of Gypsy life and language, Lavengro (1851) and its sequel The Romany Rye (1857) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I went to see Johnny Heinhold in the Last Chance, and I went to borrow money. In early youth in the Corps of Pages, he had experienced the humiliation of a refusal, when he had tried, being in difficulties, to borrow money, and since then he had never once put himself in the same position again. 'If I can borrow the pig,' sez he, 'I reckon I can borrow the feed somewheres. |
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