He took a step to one side to indicate the seconder. From Wordnik.com. [Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet]
Well if you need a seconder in that plea, then count me in!. From Wordnik.com. [Page 3 Has It's Knockers] Reference
A suggestion to which Harrison Smith proved a ready seconder. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
In such an event, the presiding officer shall call for a seconder. From Wordnik.com. [AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS WOMEN'S LEAGUE CONSTITUTION] Reference
Every nomination must be signed by a proposer and a seconder, neither of whom may be a nominee. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Emphasizing the need for an increase in headmen's allowances, the seconder of the motion added. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa: The Peasants Revolt] Reference
Professor Craig: If my seconder will approve, I will offer that as a substitute instead of an amendment. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
When a seconder was required for a motion calling for the resolutions to be sent to Parliament, Charles obliged. From Wordnik.com. ['The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes:] Reference
Jhalanath Khanal of CPN-UML as proposer and MJF leader Upendra Yadav as seconder signed the nomination paper of Prachanda. From Wordnik.com. [Maoist Leader 'Prachanda' is the First Premier of the Republic of Nepal] Reference
Then Nancy Pelosi called for the seconder to the motion that Obama be selected, and the roar was surely felt down the years. From Wordnik.com. [A moment in history] Reference
To shield them from the royal ire, Congress directed the secretary to omit the names of its mover and seconder in the journals. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference
My mother pictured a daughter as a counterinsurgent: a fellow lover of lapdogs, a seconder of proposals to attend the Ice Capades. From Wordnik.com. [Middlesex]
The propriety of a deputation to the Colonel, to test his gallantry, was mooted; but the proposal, strange to say, found no seconder. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
"I second it," said Lamb, viciously, whereupon Cherry kicked the seconder on the shins, for he did not exactly thirst for that honour. From Wordnik.com. [Acton's Feud A Public School Story] Reference
I agree with Victor and the seconder who point out that this has more to do with culture than actual differences in our state of happiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Macroeconomics of Love: A Valentine’s Day Analysis - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
The seconder was worthy of the mover and the motion. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12)] Reference
Election Commission because his seconder was not a local. From Wordnik.com. [SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator] Reference
I find in myself a powerful seconder to my uncle's wishes. From Wordnik.com. [Falkland, Complete] Reference
Clifford -- was its proposer and Erskine was its seconder. From Wordnik.com. [A Book About Lawyers] Reference
Egan's seconder followed the Major, and the crowd shouted again. From Wordnik.com. [Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes] Reference
I was not the seconder; it was Mr. Dunning, recorder of this city. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12)] Reference
Then the seconder advanced, and there was a general burst of applause. From Wordnik.com. [Endymion] Reference
And my name went up, with Mowbray Langdon's brother, Tom, as seconder. From Wordnik.com. [The Deluge] Reference
The mover and seconder of the address from the Corporation kissed hands. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men] Reference
Doubtless he knew how to lay his hand instantly on a proposer and seconder. From Wordnik.com. [Clayhanger] Reference
Ramsey mentioned the unidentified man with the cornet but found no seconder. From Wordnik.com. [Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi] Reference
Nothing could be so wretched as the mover and seconder, or so tame as Tierney. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents] Reference
According to tradition, the mover and seconder speak on the day the motion is moved. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
These misfortunes your intelligence will allay, if it is a seconder of our exertions. From Wordnik.com. [The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes] Reference
This is just the 15 seconder to Lost's new promo clip featuring The Fray's You Found Me. From Wordnik.com. [ShowHype - Top Entertainment News, Videos, and Blogs] Reference
He succeeded in getting through, but his seconder was knocked overboard by the discharge. From Wordnik.com. [Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign] Reference
But could have cut down on the starting bit, it looks good for a 30 seconder than a minute. From Wordnik.com. [Ads of the World] Reference
Randal's seconder was a bluff yeoman, an outvoter of weight with the agricultural electors. From Wordnik.com. [My Novel — Complete] Reference
In one way he was rather a disappointment to the Kers, and even to his proposer and seconder. From Wordnik.com. [Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895] Reference
Powle was conducted to his chair between his mover and his seconder with the accustomed forms. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2] Reference
On this subject the mover of the Address said never a word, and the seconder only a word or two. From Wordnik.com. [Can You Forgive Her?] Reference
The minister further declared that he did not think that such an amendment could obtain a seconder. From Wordnik.com. [The Cult of Incompetence] Reference
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