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argon
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n 1: a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert
gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
[syn: argon, Ar, atomic number 18]
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balbriggan
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n 1: a cotton knit fabric used for underwear
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bandwagon
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n 1: a popular trend that attracts growing support; "when they
saw how things were going everybody jumped on the
bandwagon"
2: a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band; "the gaudy
bandwagon led the circus parade"
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bargain
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n 1: an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after
discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain
with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of
shady deals" [syn: bargain, deal]
2: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction";
"the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn: bargain,
buy, steal]
v 1: negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a
beautiful rug in the bazaar" [syn: dicker, bargain]
2: come to terms; arrive at an agreement
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brogan
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n 1: a thick and heavy shoe [syn: brogan, brogue,
clodhopper, work shoe]
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cardigan
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n 1: knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons
or a zipper
2: slightly bowlegged variety of corgi having rounded ears and a
long tail [syn: Cardigan, Cardigan Welsh corgi]
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decagon
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n 1: a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles
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dragon
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n 1: a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as
breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes
wings [syn: dragon, firedrake]
2: a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman [syn: dragon,
tartar]
3: a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial
pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus [syn: Draco,
Dragon]
4: any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of
gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the
body [syn: dragon, flying dragon, flying lizard]
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estragon
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n 1: aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia [syn: tarragon,
estragon, Artemisia dracunculus]
2: fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as
seasoning [syn: tarragon, estragon]
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flagon
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n 1: a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout;
used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)
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gorgon
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n 1: (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and
the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at
Medusa turned the beholder to stone
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heptagon
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n 1: a seven-sided polygon
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hexagon
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n 1: a six-sided polygon
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hooligan
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n 1: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: bully, tough,
hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo,
yobbo]
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jargon
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n 1: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among
thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: slang,
cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular]
2: a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon [syn:
jargoon, jargon]
3: specialized technical terminology characteristic of a
particular subject
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lagan
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n 1: goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a
buoy so that it can be recovered [syn: lagan, lagend,
ligan]
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mulligan
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n 1: Irish version of burgoo [syn: mulligan stew, mulligan,
Irish burgoo]
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nonagon
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n 1: a nine-sided polygon
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octagon
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n 1: an eight-sided polygon
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organ
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n 1: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an
animal that is specialized for some particular function
2: a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance
of some specific function; "The Census Bureau is an organ of
the Commerce Department"
3: (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ [syn:
electric organ, electronic organ, Hammond organ,
organ]
4: a periodical that is published by a special interest group;
"the organ of the communist party"
5: wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes
arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and
controlled from a large complex musical keyboard [syn:
organ, pipe organ]
6: a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the
reeds by bellows [syn: harmonium, organ, reed organ]
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pagan
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adj 1: not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and
Islam [syn: heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic]
n 1: a person who does not acknowledge your god [syn: heathen,
pagan, gentile, infidel]
2: a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion
(not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)
3: someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures [syn:
hedonist, pagan, pleasure seeker]
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paragon
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n 1: an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept [syn:
paragon, idol, perfection, beau ideal]
2: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no
equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint,
apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch]
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pentagon
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n 1: a government building with five sides that serves as the
headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
2: the United States military establishment
3: a five-sided polygon
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polygon
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n 1: a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides [syn:
polygon, polygonal shape]
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ptarmigan
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n 1: large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and
usually white winter plumage
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shenanigan
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n 1: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or
annoyance in others [syn: mischief, mischief-making,
mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment,
rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan]
2: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract
money from them) [syn: trickery, chicanery, chicane,
guile, wile, shenanigan]
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shogun
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n 1: a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled
Japan until the revolution of 1867-68
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slogan
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n 1: a favorite saying of a sect or political group [syn:
motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth]
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snapdragon
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n 1: a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white
or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a
dragon
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suffragan
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n 1: an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese [syn:
suffragan, suffragan bishop]
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tarragon
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n 1: aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia [syn: tarragon,
estragon, Artemisia dracunculus]
2: fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as
seasoning [syn: tarragon, estragon]
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toboggan
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n 1: a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in
front
v 1: move along on a luge or toboggan [syn: toboggan, luge]
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vegan
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n 1: a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy
products at all
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wagon
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n 1: any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal
or a tractor [syn: wagon, waggon]
2: van used by police to transport prisoners [syn: police van,
police wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, wagon,
black Maria]
3: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
[syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain,
Wain, Wagon]
4: a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting
[syn: wagon, coaster wagon]
5: a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind
rear seat [syn: beach wagon, station wagon, wagon,
estate car, beach waggon, station waggon, waggon]
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yataghan
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n 1: a long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single
edge
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logan
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n 1: a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern
Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high) [syn: Logan,
Mount Logan]
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reagan
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n 1: 40th President of the United States (1911-2004) [syn:
Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Wilson Reagan,
President Reagan]
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hogan
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n 1: United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments
(1912-1997) [syn: Hogan, Ben Hogan, William Benjamin
Hogan]
2: a Navajo lodge covered with earth; traditionally built with
the entrance facing east
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aragon
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n 1: French writer who generalized surrealism to literature
(1897-1982) [syn: Aragon, Louis Aragon]
2: a region of northeastern Spain; a former kingdom that united
with Castile in 1479 to form Spain (after the marriage of
Ferdinand V and Isabella I)
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oregon
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n 1: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn:
Oregon, Beaver State, OR]
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tetragon
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n 1: a four-sided polygon [syn: quadrilateral, quadrangle,
tetragon]
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undecagon
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n 1: an eleven-sided polygon
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tigon
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n 1: offspring of a male tiger and a female lion [syn: tiglon,
tigon]
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morgan
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n 1: United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca
(1818-1881) [syn: Morgan, Lewis Henry Morgan]
2: United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory
of heredity (1866-1945) [syn: Morgan, Thomas Hunt Morgan]
3: a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West
Indies for the English (1635-1688) [syn: Morgan, Henry
Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan]
4: soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British
in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802) [syn:
Morgan, Daniel Morgan]
5: United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913) [syn:
Morgan, J. P. Morgan, John Pierpont Morgan]
6: an American breed of small compact saddle horses
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morgen
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n 1: a South African unit of measure equal to about 2 acres
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dagan
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n 1: god of agriculture and earth; counterpart of Phoenician
Dagon
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dagon
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n 1: god of agriculture and the earth; national god of
Philistines
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pendragon
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n 1: the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons
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copenhagen
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the
island of Zealand; "Copenhagen is sometimes called the
Paris of the North" [syn: Copenhagen, Kobenhavn,
Danish capital]
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trigon
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n 1: a three-sided polygon [syn: triangle, trigon,
trilateral]
2: (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group
consists of three signs separated from each other by 120
degrees [syn: triplicity, trigon]
3: a triangular lyre of ancient Greece and Rome
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rattigan
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n 1: British playwright (1911-1977) [syn: Rattigan, Terence
Rattigan, Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan]
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bergen
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n 1: a port city in southwestern Norway
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michigan
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n 1: a midwestern state in north central United States in the
Great Lakes region [syn: Michigan, Wolverine State,
Great Lakes State, MI]
2: the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater
lake entirely within the United States borders [syn: Lake
Michigan, Michigan]
3: a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and
king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a
separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in
his hand and successively higher cards are played until the
sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in
the layout wins all the chips on that card [syn: Michigan,
Chicago, Newmarket, boodle, stops]
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martagon
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n 1: lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe
and northwestern Asia [syn: Turk's-cap, martagon,
Lilium martagon]
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tongan
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adj 1: of or relating to the island monarchy of Tonga or its
people; "Tongan beaches"
n 1: a Polynesian native or inhabitant of Tonga
2: the Polynesian language spoken by the Tongan people
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begun
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hendecagon
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cadogan
0
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egon
0
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egan
0
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mcguigan
0
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horgan
0
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agan
0
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aygen
0
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bragan
0
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fagan
0
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hagan
0
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megan
0
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geoghegan
0
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cogan
0
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wogan
0
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grogan
0
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cagan
0
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deighan
0
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kagan
0
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beagen
0
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creegan
0
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cregan
0
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deegan
0
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degan
0
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eagan
0
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eagen
0
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eagon
0
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keagan
0
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regan
0
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wigan
0
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branigan
0
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brannigan
0
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kerrigan
0
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dougan
0
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duggan
0
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corrigan
0
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mangan
0
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milligan
0
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flanagan
0