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ante
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n 1: (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to
the pot
v 1: place one's stake
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anti
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adj 1: not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) [ant: pro]
n 1: a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice
etc.); "the antis smelled victory after a long battle"
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bounty
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n 1: payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts
such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or
enlisting in the military [syn: bounty, premium]
2: the property of copious abundance [syn: amplitude,
bountifulness, bounty]
3: generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely [syn:
bounty, bounteousness]
4: a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied
against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in
an open boat [syn: Bounty, H.M.S. Bounty]
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brownie
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n 1: a junior Girl Scout
2: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn: elf,
hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp]
3: square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts
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certainty
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n 1: the state of being certain; "his certainty reassured the
others" [ant: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety,
dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty]
2: something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty" [syn:
certainty, sure thing, foregone conclusion] [ant:
precariousness, uncertainness, uncertainty]
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county
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n 1: (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division
for the purpose of local government; "the county has a
population of 12,345 people"
2: (United States) the largest administrative district within a
state; "the county plans to build a new road"
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dainty
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adj 1: affectedly dainty or refined [syn: dainty, mincing,
niminy-piminy, prim, twee]
2: delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"
[syn: dainty, exquisite]
3: especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set
before a kind";
4: excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about
his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would
only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" [syn: dainty,
nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish]
n 1: something considered choice to eat [syn: dainty,
delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat]
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flaunty
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adj 1: inclined to flaunt
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flinty
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adj 1: containing flint
2: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty
gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate
heart" [syn: flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate,
stony]
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jaunty
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adj 1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper
young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing,
jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy,
snappy, spruce]
2: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking
chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G.
Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"-
H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty
optimist" [syn: chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty]
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ninety
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adj 1: being ten more than eighty [syn: ninety, 90, xc]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine
[syn: ninety, 90, XC]
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plenty
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adv 1: as much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty'
is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks" [syn: enough,
plenty]
n 1: a full supply; "there was plenty of food for everyone"
[syn: plenty, plentifulness, plenteousness,
plenitude, plentitude]
2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money";
"he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the
winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost
plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal,
hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint,
mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty,
pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate,
stack, tidy sum, wad]
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scanty
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adj 1: lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a
scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" [syn: bare(a),
scanty, spare]
n 1: short underpants for women or children (usually used in the
plural) [syn: pantie, panty, scanty, step-in]
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shanty
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n 1: small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel,
hut, hutch, shack, shanty]
2: a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors [syn:
chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty]
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squinty
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adj 1: characterized by squinting; "he looked with squinty eyes"
2: (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as
if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their
misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances"
[syn: askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-
eyed, squinty, sidelong]
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twenty
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adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units [syn:
twenty, 20, xx]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
[syn: twenty, 20, XX]
2: a United States bill worth 20 dollars [syn: twenty dollar
bill, twenty]
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monte
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n 1: a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are
dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be
matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the
pack one at a time [syn: monte, four-card monte,
three-card monte]
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mountie
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n 1: colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police
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diamante
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n 1: adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material
used to decorate clothing [syn: sequin, spangle,
diamante]
2: fabric covered with glittering ornaments such as sequins or
rhinestones
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viscounty
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n 1: the dignity or rank or position of a viscount or
viscountess [syn: viscountcy, viscounty]
2: the domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess
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aplenty
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linty
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pointy
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mounty
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belafonte
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concertante
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labounty
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loughney
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painty
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