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lait

(ambitransitive, UK, _, dialectal, obsolete) To seek; search for; inquire.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

(ambitransitive, UK, _, dialectal, obsolete) To seek; search for; inquire.

Origin: From , leiten, from , from , from . Cognate with , , ,. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Découvrez comment le chocolat au lait au petit-déjeuner pourrait vous aider à maigrir ! 🍫”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Je crois que je préfère encore le peloton d'exécution que de subir l'infâme quinoa (et le lait fraise).”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “"Did you remember to get milk for the cardinals cafe au lait Father?" "Oh fuck, fuckity fuck"”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Laitoin kalenteriini! Lait viel lehdeb nimi!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Lots of valuable wisdom shared by @sally about the very human work of building maintainable software and the teams that make it so in this interview https://maintainable.fm/episodes/sally-lait-confidence-is-the-real-metric”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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