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corves

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corves  (kôrvz)
n.
Plural of corf.

corves [kɔːvz]
n
(Mining & Quarrying) the plural of corf


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When the project was tried to be done, the French and English company, headed by De Lesipse as the manager engineer or something tried to use and force thousands of Egyptians and may be others to work in the digging and excavation procedures through what is called work by corves or forced labor.
Two hundred years ago coal was carried in baskets known as corves.
 
 
 
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