When the British Tommies heard the "birr" of the five-inch. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
The birr o 'her wheel starts the nicht's dreamy ear. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
Exchange rates: birr per US dollar (end of period) - 8.3140. From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Ethiopia birr per US dollar - NA (2003), 8.5678 (2002), 8.4575. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Ethiopia birr per US dollar - 8.69 (2006), 8.68 (2005), 8.6356. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Ethiopia birr per US dollar - 8.68 (2004), 8.5997 (2003), 8.5678. From Wordnik.com. [The 2005 CIA World Factbook] Reference
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia devalued its birr currency by 8.065 percent to. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Currency: 1 birr (Br) = 100 cents; at present, Ethiopian currency used. From Wordnik.com. [The 1996 CIA Factbook] Reference
In the year to June 30, 2008 it made a net profit of 507 million birr. From Wordnik.com. [Ethiopian Airlines to Buy Boeing 777 Aircraft] Reference
Exchange rates: birr per US dollar - NA (2003), 8.5678 (2002), 8.4575 (2001). From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Exchange rates: birr per US dollar - 8.69 (2006), 8.68 (2005), 8.6356 (2004). From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Exchange rates: birr per US dollar - 8.68 (2004), 8.5997 (2003), 8.5678 (2002). From Wordnik.com. [The 2005 CIA World Factbook] Reference
The price of admission was one Ethiopian birr, the equivalent of about 12 U.S. cents. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 31, 2003] Reference
The leading defaulters include oil-rich Gabon, which owes 2.9 birr (about dlrs 500,000). From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Ethiopia has sharply devalued its currency - the birr - in a bid to boost economic growth. From Wordnik.com. [Ethiopia Devalues Its Currency by 17 Percent] Reference
A gentle birr, like the distant note of a toneless beetle, insinuated itself into their dreams. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The workers here are getting four birr and 50 cents, which is less than half a dollar a day. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2006] Reference
Administration of Rental Houses, said the embassies owe the government 19.4 million birr (about dlrs 3 million). From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): I went to my mother and asked for her one birr so I can help, and also enjoy the music. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 31, 2003] Reference
The Ethiopian government was also incensed when Eritrea renounced use of the Ethiopian birr last year, introducing its own nakfa. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Ethiopian currency until November 1997 when Eritrea issued its own currency, the nakfa, at approximately the same rate as the birr, i.e. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
A dowry can cost 6,000 birr (£300) and a wedding feast 7,000 birr. From Wordnik.com. [Muti] Reference
He never spoke to those he despised or disliked without "the birr.". From Wordnik.com. [The House with the Green Shutters] Reference
The daily meal budget was approximately 5 birr (50 cents) per prisoner. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Ethiopian airlines projecting 2.2 billion birr from Addis Ababa operations. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Egypt, requires a passport sized photograph and one can pay in Ethiopian birr. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference
Which reminds me of another attraction of Ethiopia: Its currency is called the birr. From Wordnik.com. [Nicholas D. Kristof] Reference
Also stock up on firewood, 5 birr per bundlle in the countryside instead of 8 birr in Ambo. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
"Drop two pennies in," mocked another as the captain birr-r-red the handle and yelled again. From Wordnik.com. [Action Front] Reference
Ethiopia: birr per US dollar (end of period) - 8.3140 (December. From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
A birr, that it twisted round my neck, and, mostly blinding me, made me doze like a tottum. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith] Reference
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