† cherubimv.
To sing like the cherubim.
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1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. iii. 19 We should have gone on, cherubiming of it, and carolling, to the end of the chapter.
1760–85 H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann Cherubimed and seraphimed.
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cherubim
cherubim n. a provincial name of the Barn Owl.extracted from cherubn.<
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- do company to a person
- do credit to
- do days
- do dere
- do despite to
- do die
- do dirt
- do dirt to
- do dirty
- do disease to
- do dishonour to
- do doughnuts
- do down
- do duty
- do ease
- do etc a wee-wee
- do etc a weewee
- do evil
- do exactly what it says on the tin
- do execution
- do faith
- do fine
- do first things first
- do for
- do frame