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childer

n. 1 (context Ireland obsolete elsewhere English) (plural of child English) 2 (context Northern England English) child

Usage examples of "childer".

Like the Irish Bulletin, An Poblacht had been moving from place to place, often published on no more than the little handpress Childers carried with him.

When Celia heard the initial report, she telephoned Childers Quentin, the Washington lawyer.

He hurried to its open door where the teacher, Miss Childer, almost ran into him as she burst from the room with nothing on.

John stepped aside for Miss Childer and then entered the classroom where, despite the swirling fog, he was able to see two girls trying to cover themselves with open books.

Behind me, Childers was standing on the running board of the personnel carrier.

If Childers thought he could define me as a scapegoat one minute and the next have me buy into a promise of rewards, his technology needed an adjustment.

It was watching us from about twenty yards away, about fifteen feet from the rock where Childers was stationed.

His attitude toward the mission was more-or-less my own, and I started thinking how to deal with him once Childers was dead.

I saw him tense, adjusting the hold, preparing to throw Childers off the ridgetopbut he stepped back, lost his footing, and Childers slipped from his shoulder.

Whereas before Childers had been somehow pitiable in his strength, when I looked at him now I saw an elder brother who was more adept and powerful than I, not of my blood but a pure relation, one who knew what I knew, who drank from the same reservoir of anger that I drank from, who heard, as did I, the singing of his blood, the whine of the circulatory system orchestrated into a music of red wires.

I knew I was no more than a tool to Childers, and I understood this was his righthe was my commander by virtue of strength and experience, and I was part of a campaign, thus expendable.

It did not appear to be a natural formation, but Childers displayed no hesitancy in approaching it, and I deferred to his judgment.

The idea of going up against Childers with a pocket hanky containing a gram of machine dust did not strike me as wise.

Frankie scooted ahead, shooting him as he talked, and Childers struck a pose, flexing his biceps.

Soon Childers either ran out of stories or of the urge to tell them, and we went in silence across the moonlit sand.