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moldwarp

[ mohld-wawrp ]

noun

  1. the common European mole, Talpa europaea.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of moldwarp1

1275–1325; Middle English moldwerp literally, earth-thrower ( mold 3, warp ); cognate with Old Saxon moldwerp, Middle High German moltwerf
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"A certain writer," he says, "writeth that this Earl of March, the Lord Percy, and Owyn Glyndowr were unwisely made believe by a Welsh prophesier that King Henry was the Moldwarp cursed of God's own mouth, and that they were the Dragon, the Lion, and the Wolf which should divide the realm between them, by the deviation, not divination, of that mawmet Merlin."

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Well, tha'll get noa better on for cawering ith' haase like a moldwarp.

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You know I could not think Charles Moldwarp quite worthy of Mary, though she never saw it.

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Mrs. Moldwarp, widow on the verge of middle age.

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B.  Is this the easy life to which Mrs. Moldwarp has retired?

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