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Definition of Looser

1. loose [adj] - See also: loose

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Looser

loosely loosely knit loosen loosen loosened loosener looseners looseness loosenesses looseness of the bowels

loosening loosening of association loosening of associations loosens loosen up looser (current term) Looser's lines Looser's zones looses loosest

loosestrife loosestrife loosestrifes loosestrife family loose associations loose body loose cannon loose cartilage loose end loose off

Literary usage of Looser

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1. Commentaries Upon Martial Law: With Special Reference to Its Regulation and by William Francis Finlason, Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (1867)
"... law in the country, and martial law, in its looser ambiguous sense, ... or the law of war; or in that looser sense in which it was once used (a), ..."

2. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1907)
"... will be rather a looser than a Gainer, notwithstanding Twycross, when alive, was suppos'd to be very rich. This Morning died of. the Gout Mr. ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... and the companions of his looser hours, those who by his interest had been promoted to any commands in the army or pro vinces, with the long-connected ..."

4. A Short History of French Literature: (from the Earliest Texts to the Close by George Saintsbury (1901)
"... and to make it include looser ap- the Romances of the Round Table. There can, how- plication of wer, be no doubt that it is far better to adopt Jean the ..."

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