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bodkin
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n 1: a dagger with a slender blade [syn: poniard, bodkin]
2: formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head
3: a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or
fabric
4: a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops [syn:
bodkin, threader]
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gherkin
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n 1: any of various small cucumbers pickled whole
2: small prickly cucumber
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jerkin
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n 1: a tight sleeveless and collarless jacket (often made of
leather) worn by men in former times
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penguin
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n 1: short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially
Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as
flippers
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sanguine
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adj 1: confidently optimistic and cheerful
2: inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with
outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund
cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion" [syn: rubicund,
ruddy, florid, sanguine]
n 1: a blood-red color
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sequin
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n 1: adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material
used to decorate clothing [syn: sequin, spangle,
diamante]
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darwin
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n 1: English natural scientist who formulated a theory of
evolution by natural selection (1809-1882) [syn: Darwin,
Charles Darwin, Charles Robert Darwin]
2: provincial capital of the Northern Territory of Australia
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hodgkin
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n 1: English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease
(1798-1866) [syn: Hodgkin, Thomas Hodgkin]
2: English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to
study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994) [syn:
Hodgkin, Dorothy Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot
Hodgkin]
3: English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the
role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the
nerve impulse (1914-1998) [syn: Hodgkin, Alan Hodgkin,
Sir Alan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin]
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ruskin
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n 1: British art critic (1819-1900) [syn: Ruskin, John
Ruskin]
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algonquin
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adj 1: of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or
language [syn: Algonquian, Algonkian, Algonquin]
n 1: a member of any of the North American Indian groups
speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in
the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian
tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the
Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast [syn: Algonquian,
Algonquin]
2: family of North American Indian languages spoken from
Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains [syn:
Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language]
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gershwin
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n 1: United States lyricist who frequently collaborated with his
brother George Gershwin (1896-1983) [syn: Gershwin, Ira
Gershwin]
2: United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical
forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937)
[syn: Gershwin, George Gershwin]
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redskin
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n 1: (slang) offensive term for Native Americans [syn:
Redskin, Injun, red man]
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baldwin
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n 1: United States author who was an outspoken critic of racism
(1924-1987) [syn: Baldwin, James Baldwin, James Arthur
Baldwin]
2: English statesman; member of the Conservative Party
(1867-1947) [syn: Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl
Baldwin of Bewdley]
3: an American eating apple with red or yellow and red skin
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baldachin
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n 1: ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a
roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar)
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cannikin
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n 1: a wooden bucket
2: a small can
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manakin
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n 1: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too
fat to be a mannequin" [syn: mannequin, manikin,
mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model]
2: a life-size dummy used to display clothes [syn: mannequin,
manikin, mannikin, manakin, form]
3: any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America
and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship
behavior
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mannikin
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n 1: a person who is very small but who is not otherwise
deformed or abnormal [syn: manikin, mannikin,
homunculus]
2: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too
fat to be a mannequin" [syn: mannequin, manikin,
mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model]
3: a life-size dummy used to display clothes [syn: mannequin,
manikin, mannikin, manakin, form]
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pannikin
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n 1: a small pan or cup (usually of tin)
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zworykin
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n 1: United States physicist who invented the iconoscope
(1889-1982) [syn: Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma Zworykin]
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algonkin
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n 1: a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa
river valley of Ontario and Quebec [syn: Algonkian,
Algonkin]
2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian [syn:
Algonkian, Algonkin]
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dworkin
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pipkin
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chindwin
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tongking
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tonkin
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tonking
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larkin
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parkin
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baskin
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sooterkin
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berwyn
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selwyn
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