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Meanings of great bore in English

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Usage of great bore in English
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It was a great bore his coming in just now, disturbing me.
To-morrow?
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The man at the cottage was a great bore with his anecdotes.
Selected English Letters (XV-XIX Centuries)
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I grant you this, that it is very often a great bore.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
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It is a great bore, and I don't believe I shall go.
Janet's Love and Service
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It must be a great bore, to me, to go to the House.
The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol. I. / With A Su...
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The high winds have begun with a vengeance and a great bore they are.
Letters from Egypt
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Still it was a great bore for Josephine to turn up when she did.
The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
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Servants and company would be a very great bore indeed.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melan...
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It was a great bore when you went-away , Iknow
Framley Parsonage
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Chapman differed from his wife, inasmuch as he regarded society as a great bore.
The Von Toodleburgs; Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Fam...
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It's a great bore, but I shall have to go.
The Odd Women
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It was a great bore, because you couldn't put anything down for a second.
Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916 / From Robert...
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Don't you think it's a great bore to be married?'
The Gold of Chickaree
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The Marchese Lamberto, indeed, looked upon his share in the pageant as a great bore.
A Siren
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It's a monstrous great bore, when a Gentleman feels
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
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It's a great trial, besides being a great bore.
Mr. Prohack
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