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breadwinner
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n 1: one whose earnings are the primary source of support for
their dependents
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climber
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n 1: a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or
over other plants
2: someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior
[syn: social climber, climber]
3: someone who ascends on foot; "a solitary mounter of the
staircase" [syn: mounter, climber]
4: someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs
mountains; "the lead climber looked strong still but his
partner often slumped in his ropes"
5: an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice
when walking or climbing [syn: crampon, crampoon,
climbing iron, climber]
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dimmer
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n 1: a rheostat that varies the current through an electric
light in order to control the level of illumination
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dinner
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n 1: the main meal of the day served in the evening or at
midday; "dinner will be at 8"; "on Sundays they had a large
dinner when they returned from church"
2: a party of people assembled to have dinner together; "guests
should never be late to a dinner party" [syn: dinner,
dinner party]
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glimmer
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n 1: a flash of light (especially reflected light) [syn:
gleam, gleaming, glimmer]
2: a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no
inkling what was about to happen" [syn: inkling,
intimation, glimmering, glimmer]
v 1: shine brightly, like a star or a light [syn: gleam,
glimmer]
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inner
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adj 1: located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a
bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard
Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life,
but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David
Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"-
A.R.Gurney,Jr. [syn: inner, interior, internal]
2: located or occurring within or closer to a center; "an inner
room" [ant: outer(a)]
3: innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the
internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate
structure of matter" [syn: inner, internal, intimate]
4: confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge";
"inside information"; "privileged information" [syn:
inside, inner, privileged]
5: exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence;
"inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of
government"
6: inside or closer to the inside of the body; "the inner ear"
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limber
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adj 1: (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a
supple mind"; "a limber imagination" [syn: limber,
supple]
2: (used of artifacts) easily bent
3: (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
[syn: limber, supple]
n 1: a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun
or caisson
v 1: attach the limber; "limber a cannon" [syn: limber,
limber up]
2: cause to become limber; "The violist limbered her wrists
before the concert"
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limner
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n 1: a painter or drawer of portraits [syn: portraitist,
portrait painter, portrayer, limner]
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primer
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n 1: an introductory textbook
2: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a
propellant [syn: fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer,
priming]
3: the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a
surface [syn: flat coat, ground, primer, priming,
primer coat, priming coat, undercoat]
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shimmer
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n 1: a weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on
iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water"
[syn: shimmer, play]
v 1: shine with a weak or fitful light; "Beech leaves shimmered
in the moonlight"
2: give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
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simmer
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n 1: temperature just below the boiling point; "the stew
remained at a simmer for hours"
v 1: boil slowly at low temperature; "simmer the sauce";
"simmering water"
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skimmer
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n 1: a rapid superficial reader
2: a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of
liquids
3: a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown [syn: boater,
leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer,
straw hat]
4: gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water
with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
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stringer
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n 1: a member of a squad on a team; "a first stringer"; "a
second stringer"
2: a worker who strings; "a stringer of beads"
3: brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a
fuselage or hull
4: a long horizontal timber to connect uprights
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swimmer
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n 1: a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; "he
was an Olympic swimmer"
2: a person who travels through the water by swimming; "he is
not a good swimmer" [syn: swimmer, natator, bather]
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thinner
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n 1: a diluting agent [syn: dilutant, diluent, thinner]
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timer
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n 1: a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its
end
2: (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed
[syn: timekeeper, timer]
3: a regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set
times
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trimmer
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n 1: a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs;
"untouched by the pruner's axe" [syn: pruner, trimmer]
2: a machine that trims timber
3: capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine
adjustments [syn: trimmer, trimming capacitor]
4: joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof
framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or
chimney etc. [syn: trimmer, trimmer joist]
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winger
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n 1: (sports) player in wing position
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winner
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n 1: the contestant who wins the contest [syn: winner,
victor] [ant: also-ran, loser]
2: a gambler who wins a bet [ant: loser]
3: a person with a record of successes; "his son would never be
the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply";
"if you want to be a success you have to dress like a
success" [syn: achiever, winner, success, succeeder]
[ant: failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful
person]
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wringer
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n 1: a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the
wet clothes are squeezed
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mimer
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n 1: an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial
expression [syn: mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer,
pantomimist]
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rhymer
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n 1: a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses
(usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior
poets) [syn: rhymer, rhymester, versifier,
poetizer, poetiser]
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berliner
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n 1: an inhabitant of Berlin
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zimmer
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n 1: a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber
castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the
handicapped or the aged to walk [syn: walker, Zimmer,
Zimmer frame]
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chimer
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flinger
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slimmer
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rimmer
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krimmer
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