forcer
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of forcer1
First recorded in 1550–60; force + -er 1
Origin of forcer2
1300–50; Middle English < Old French
Example Sentences
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Antony Gerard, a phenomenal card forcer, spent his week dazzling attendees with his skills.
From The Verge • Sep. 24, 2014
It is butter beaten to a white cream, then put in a forcer, and a pattern traced on the ham, which must be followed just as in icing a cake.
From Choice Cookery by Owen, Catherine
Metivier, who came in the morning with his felicitations, considered it proper in his quality of doctor de forcer la consigne, * as he told Princess Mary, and went in to see the prince.
From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
Au début je n'avais pas cru à la possibilité de forcer les Dardanelles sans l'intervention de l'armée.
From Gallipoli Diary, Volume I by Hamilton, Ian, Sir
Un âne à Gaza se vendoit deux ducats; et les Moucres vouloient, non seulement nous empêcher d'en acheter, mais nous forcer d'en louer des leurs, et de les louer cinq ducats chacun jusqu'à Sainte Catherine.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard
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