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DA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An official prosecutor for a judicial district
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("DA" is a kind of...):
prosecuting attorney; prosecuting officer; prosecutor; public prosecutor (a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state)
Context examples:
This moved him to gratitude, and he murmured to himself, "Maria, you getta da milka ranch, all righta, all right."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"You lika da eat?" she asked.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"I maka da kids worka da pole an' da hub an' da barrel. Him da smarta man, Mister Eden."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"An' when he feenish da iron' he washa da wools," as she described it afterward.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"He say, 'Maria, you are da greata fool. I showa you how to washa da wools,' an' he shows me, too. Ten minutes he maka da machine—one barrel, one wheel-hub, two poles, justa like dat."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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