Verb (used with object) : to purge a political party of disloyal members. From Dictionary.com.
But I am the opposite of Mama Tulip - not a hoarder a purger. From Wordnik.com. [Proposal for a Book Exchange] Reference
To switch sides is to essentially purger yourself politically. From Wordnik.com. [Parker Griffith's staff resigns] Reference
I thought they were preparing to use it for last November but I was a premature anti-purger. From Wordnik.com. [Hullabaloo] Reference
They remember what their new purger, er, leader, said when asked about investigating Novak's treason. From Wordnik.com. [11/19/2004] Reference
The shirt is a little tight; Therese, champion dieter and Olympic-level purger, was a bit smaller than me. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
No going back from that for me and while I am not a typical purger type, I want her off any discussion of a solution. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » School Uniforms] Reference
White hellebore, which some call sneezing-powder, a strong purger upward, which many reject, as being too violent: Mesue and. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
See that is why we should get liberals underoath and Hastert is a great house leader because he found a way to make Nacy Policy purger herself. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Emails Suggest White House Political Concern Over Foley In 2004; Snow Issues Non-Denial Denial] Reference
Sure Rove is innocent and Libby is innocent but you silly liberals should know once you purger underoath you will be just as curropt as we are. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Emails Suggest White House Political Concern Over Foley In 2004; Snow Issues Non-Denial Denial] Reference
STRANGER: The sixth point was doubtful, and yet we at last agreed that he was a purger of souls, who cleared away notions obstructive to knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [The Sophist] Reference
"Behold the sea, ... splendid and strong, yet beautiful as the rose or the rainbow; full of food, nourisher of man, purger of the world, creating a sweet climate.". From Wordnik.com. [Where We Live A Home Geography] Reference
Black hellebore, that most renowned plant, and famous purger of melancholy, which all antiquity so much used and admired, was first found out by Melanpodius a shepherd, as Pliny records, lib. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
President Mbeki of respect for the rule of law, fellow human beings were identified by their Government as vermin, deserving of inhumane treatment reminiscent of the beginnings of the purger in. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
First, he is the purifier or purger or absolver (apolouon); secondly, he is the true diviner, Aplos, as he is called in the Thessalian dialect. From Wordnik.com. [Cratylus] Reference
She didn't want to purger herself, and she didn't want to rat (pun intended) out her buds, so she's taking the legal consequences. she has does have the right to remain silent if she wants to. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Any "purge" of them, without documentation of unsatisfactory performance or some violation of the law by them, would be a violation of the law and would subject the purger to discipline / dismissal. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake] Reference
Ye waters are mostly from Alom – its a Cleare little well and a quick spring – the bottom of the well has a sort of Blewish Clay or Marle, its a quick purger, good for all sharpe Humers or Obstruction. From Wordnik.com. [Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary] Reference
Its a quick purger and very good for all Scurbutick humours, some persons drink a quart or two, I dranke a quart in a Morning for two dayes and hold them to be a good Sort of Purge if you Can hold yr breath so as to drinke them down. From Wordnik.com. [Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary] Reference
100: Thou purger of the earth, draw thy feard Sword. From Wordnik.com. [Two Noble Kinsmen (1634 Edition)] Reference
Apr 20th, 2010 at 2: 04 pm kcijones001: he’s a purger. From Wordnik.com. [Bourdain Hits Up the “Imposter” Halal Cart | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan] Reference
Antimony a purger of melancholy. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
Scilla or sea-onion, a purger of melancholy. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
Il faut purger la Patrie…Réf L 380-AD85. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-05] Reference
I love spring cleaning - at heart, I am a purger. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
The purger, the proser, the bard. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes] Reference
Than the sad purger of the infernal world. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry] Reference
Jayme lhyver qui vient purger mon cur de vice. From Wordnik.com. [L'Hyver] Reference
There’s a lot of family stuff in this subject: grandmother on father’s side was a clutter person to the Nth degree, mother is a purger, as was her mother. clutter and collection were always high-drama topics in our family. From Wordnik.com. [about that cleaning - emergency weblog; or: epersonae; or: elaine nelson] Reference
No regrets, and I'm a ruthless purger. From Wordnik.com. [this woman's work] Reference
(4) he was the manufacturer of his own learned wares; (5) he was the disputant; and (6) he was the purger away of prejudices — although this latter point is admitted to be doubtful. From Wordnik.com. [The Sophist] Reference
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