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Meanings of heard the word in English

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Usage of heard the word in English
1
I said I haven't even heard the word rhinestone in 20 years.
Ebony
2
It's a long time since I heard the word sneck, a latch.
The Irish Times
3
She had heard the word perhaps twice before in her long lifetime.
The Sorceress
4
None of us who participated knew or heard the word growing up.
Ebony
5
I'd heard the word at school, but not like Paul said it.
The well and the mine
6
I realise that nobody under 18 has ever heard the word cunt.
The Guardian
7
Rena hadn't heard the word before, but she knew what it meant.
Earth Afire
8
I'd never heard the word before, but I guessed he meant intercourse.
The bay at midnight
9
The carpenter gave a yell of relief as he heard the word.
The Survivors of the Chancellor: Diary of J.R. Kazallon, Passeng...
10
Yet he had not heard the word slave spoken since his arrival.
The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
11
I came at an opportune moment, for I heard the word politics.'
In Kedar's Tents
12
When he heard the word 'bridge' he stared at the young artist.
Homo Sum — Volume 01
13
I first heard the word used in that context in the late 1960s.
The Irish Times
14
But several times he heard the word among the shouts and violent recriminations.
The wrong venus
15
I wanted to be an astronaut from the moment I heard the word.
Riding rockets
16
She has heard the word 'pansy', then, and now understands it.
The great lover
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Heard the word through the time
Heard the word across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common