See arr in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "hearty"
},
{
"word": "Jolly Roger"
},
{
"word": "matey"
},
{
"alt": "Etymology 2",
"word": "me"
},
{
"word": "parlay"
},
{
"word": "peg-leg"
},
{
"word": "piece of eight"
},
{
"word": "shiver"
},
{
"tags": [
"determiner"
],
"word": "them"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "the name of the Latin-script letter R/r",
"word": "ar"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Latin letter names"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "a. 1746 (date written), Jonathan Swift, “On the Irish Club”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume VIII, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC, page 78:",
"text": "Why against printers all this noise? This summoning of blackguard boys? Why so sagacious in your guesses? Your effs, and tees, and arrs, and eſſes? Take my advice; to make you safe, I know a shorter way be half.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of ar; the name of the Latin-script letter R/r."
],
"links": [
[
"ar",
"ar#English"
],
[
"R",
"R#English"
],
[
"r",
"r#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "arr"
}
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