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noun
Asker  n.  (Zool.) An ask; a water newt. (Local Eng.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Asker" Quotes from Famous Books



... never gave away what you ask me to give you, to a human being, except my nearest relatives and once or twice or thrice to female friends, ... never, though reproached for it; and it is just three weeks since I said last to an asker that I was 'too great a prude for such a thing'! it was best to anticipate the accusation!—And, prude or not, I could not—I never could—something would not let me. And now ... what am I to do ... 'for my own sake and not yours?' Should you have ...
— The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 • Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett

... pelisses—a serviceable and appropriate raiment which should allow no envies, jealousies, or flatteries. They should not be vain, neither should they be greedy. A request for nicer-tasting food would have branded the asker with the lasting contempt of the Rev. William Carus Wilson, trustee, treasurer, and secretary. They were to learn that it was wrong to like pretty things to wear, nice things to eat, pleasant games ...
— Emily Bront • A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson

... very active children—active with their tongues as well as their bodies. Violet's inquisitiveness knew no bounds. She wanted to know about every little thing that happened about her. Daddy Bunker said he was sure she must ask questions in her sleep. Laddie was an inveterate riddle-asker. He learned every riddle he heard; and he tried to make up riddles about everything that happened. Sometimes he was successful, and sometimes he was not. But he always tried ...
— Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's • Laura Lee Hope



Words linked to "Asker" :   interrogator, canvasser, inquirer, talker, headcounter, inquisitor, quizzer, questioner, interviewer, poll taker, pollster, querier, utterer, cross-examiner, verbaliser, ask, verbalizer, enquirer



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