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corf

(kôrf)

n. pl. corves (kôrvz) Chiefly British

A truck, tub, or basket used in a mine.

[Middle English, basket, from Middle Dutch corf or Middle Low German korf, both probably from Latin corbis.]

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corf

(kɔːf)

n, pl corves

(Mining & Quarrying) Brit a wagon or basket used formerly in mines

[C14: from Middle Dutch corf or Middle Low German korf, probably from Latin corbis basket]

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"Say, Corf," Atkinson bustled up to me, "is your machine running?"

I'm going to get out of San Francisco, Corf. Take my advice and get out, too.

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This expectation was based on previous research that showed highly identified fans tend to BIRG more and CORF less than low identity fans (e.g., Kwon, 2008: Wann, 1990; Warm et al., 1993), and males are more likely to be highly identified (die-hard) fans whereas females are more likely to be low identity (fair-weather) fans (Fink, et al., 2002a).

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