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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Able-bodiedadjective
Strong of body.
It lies in the power of every fine woman, to secure at least half a dozen able-bodied men to his majesty’s service. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 4.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of able bodied in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of able bodied in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of able bodied in a Sentence
The village has been deserted by all able-bodied men, leaving only the old and children.
I was at the back of the plane. A long2 minutes after that first announcement the pilot madeanannouncementand said ‘all able-bodied menpleasecome to the front as there is an emergency, come to thefront’.
It's just amazing to the see the able-bodied and the paras coming together, we've all become friends, it's just been one big team-bonding experience, i've been exchanging tips with the able-bodied sprinters. Them to me, me to them as much as I can.
If we as a society aren't willing to deal honestly with issue of race, then we can't just expect police departments to solve these problems, if communities are being isolated and segregated, without opportunity and without investment and without jobs -- if we politicians are simply ramping up long sentences for nonviolent drug crimes that end up devastating communities, we can't then ask the police to be the ones to solve the problem when there are no able-bodied men in the community, or kids are growing up without intact households.
Every able-bodied African American must register for a legal firearm. That's the only way they'll change the law.
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