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bubbly
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adj 1: emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or
fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy)
beer" [syn: bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy,
frothy, effervescing, spumy]
2: full of or showing high spirits; "bright bubbly children"; "a
bubbly personality"
n 1: a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or
resembling that produced there [syn: champagne, bubbly]
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burl
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n 1: the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used
decoratively in veneer
2: a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
3: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or
created by design [syn: slub, knot, burl]
v 1: remove the burls from cloth
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burly
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adj 1: muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a
tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a
strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish
term" [syn: beefy, burly, husky, strapping,
buirdly]
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cantabile
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adj 1: smooth and flowing [syn: cantabile, singing]
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chirpily
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adv 1: in a cheerfully buoyant manner; "we accepted the
opportunity buoyantly" [syn: buoyantly, chirpily]
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cruelly
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adv 1: excessively; "a cruelly bitter winter"
2: with cruelty; "he treated his students cruelly"
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curl
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n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as
formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl,
roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll]
2: American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto
discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry
(born in 1933) [syn: Curl, Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl,
Robert Floyd Curl Jr.]
3: a strand or cluster of hair [syn: lock, curl, ringlet,
whorl]
v 1: form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at
the ceiling" [syn: curl, curve, kink]
2: shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under
the covers"; "She fell and drew in" [syn: curl up, curl,
draw in]
3: wind around something in coils or loops [syn: coil, loop,
curl] [ant: uncoil]
4: twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
[syn: curl, wave]
5: play the Scottish game of curling
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demurely
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adv 1: in a demure manner; "the army girl, tall and demurely
pretty, threw a quick side-glance at her"
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dourly
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adv 1: in a sullen manner; "he sat in his chair dourly" [syn:
dourly, sullenly, glumly]
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earl
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n 1: a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a
viscount
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entirely
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adv 1: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent
(`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was
wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal";
"it was completely different from what we expected"; "was
completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the
directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her
fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"
[syn: wholly, entirely, completely, totally,
all, altogether, whole] [ant: part, partially,
partly]
2: without any others being included or involved; "was entirely
to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem
children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it
solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the
prosecution alone"; "a privilege granted only to him" [syn:
entirely, exclusively, solely, alone, only]
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flabbily
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adv 1: in a flabby manner; "the old man's muscles were sagging
flabbily"
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globally
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adv 1: throughout the world; "this is globally significant"
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grubbily
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adv 1: in a dingy manner [syn: dingily, grubbily,
grungily]
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grumpily
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adv 1: in an ill-natured manner; "she looked at her husband
crossly" [syn: crossly, grouchily, grumpily]
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happily
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adv 1: in a joyous manner; "they shouted happily" [syn:
happily, merrily, mirthfully, gayly, blithely,
jubilantly] [ant: unhappily]
2: in an unexpectedly lucky way; "happily he was not injured"
[ant: sadly, unhappily]
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hourly
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adv 1: every hour; by the hour; "daily, hourly, I grew stronger"
adj 1: occurring every hour or payable by the hour; "hourly
chimes"; "hourly pay"
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hurl
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n 1: a violent throw [syn: hurl, cast]
v 1: throw forcefully [syn: hurl, hurtle, cast]
2: make a thrusting forward movement [syn: lunge, hurl,
hurtle, thrust]
3: utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw
accusations at someone" [syn: hurl, throw]
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hyperbole
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n 1: extravagant exaggeration [syn: hyperbole, exaggeration]
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immaturely
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adv 1: in an immature manner; "his teenage son still behaves
very immaturely" [syn: immaturely, jejunely] [ant:
maturely]
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improperly
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adv 1: in an improper way; "he checked whether the wound had
healed improperly" [ant: decent, decently, in good
order, properly, right, the right way]
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insecurely
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adv 1: in a tentative and self-conscious manner; "she always
acts very insecurely in the presence of her father" [ant:
securely]
2: in a manner involving risk; "our positions here at the
university are rather insecurely supported by grant money"
[ant: securely]
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loyally
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adv 1: with loyalty; in a loyal manner; "government will not be
efficient unless the people as a whole accept leadership
loyally and enthusiastically" [ant: disloyally]
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lubberly
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adj 1: clumsy and unskilled; "a big stupid lubberly fellow"
2: inexperienced in seamanship; "of all landlubbers the most
lubberly" [syn: lubberly, landlubberly]
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maturely
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adv 1: in a mature manner; "she acts very maturely for her age"
[ant: immaturely, jejunely]
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monopoly
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n 1: (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but
only one seller; "a monopoly on silver"; "when you have a
monopoly you can ask any price you like"
2: exclusive control or possession of something; "They have no
monopoly on intelligence"
3: a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real
estate as pieces advance around the board according to the
throw of a die
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neighbourly
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adj 1: exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor
[syn: neighborly, neighbourly]
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obscurely
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adv 1: in an obscure manner; "this work is obscurely written"
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pebbly
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adj 1: abounding in small stones; "landed at a shingly little
beach" [syn: gravelly, pebbly, shingly]
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poorly
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adv 1: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or
improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill
prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends";
"the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam";
"the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill-
conceived plan" [syn: ill, badly, poorly] [ant:
good, well]
adj 1: somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing
grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look
a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is
unwell and can't come to work" [syn: ailing,
indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly,
unwell, under the weather, seedy]
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prematurely
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adv 1: (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of
gestation; "the child was born prematurely"
2: too soon; in a premature manner; "I spoke prematurely" [syn:
prematurely, untimely]
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principally
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adv 1: for the most part; "he is mainly interested in
butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, primarily,
mainly, in the main]
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properly
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adv 1: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!";
"can't you carry me decent?" [syn: properly,
decently, decent, in good order, right, the
right way] [ant: improperly]
2: with reason or justice [syn: by rights, properly]
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purely
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adv 1: restricted to something; "we talked strictly business"
[syn: strictly, purely]
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royally
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adv 1: in a royal manner; "they were royally treated" [syn:
royally, like kings, like royalty]
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securely
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adv 1: in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger; "she
held the child securely" [syn: securely, firmly]
2: in a confident and unselfconscious manner; "he acts very
securely in front of the camera" [ant: insecurely]
3: in a manner free from fear or risk; "the outcome of expansion
in the sixties and seventies will be an academic hierarchy
securely supported by scholastic selection" [ant:
insecurely]
4: in an invulnerable manner; "the agreed line was to involve at
several points the withdrawal of French troops from positions
which they had quite securely held"
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shabbily
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adv 1: so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated; "a
shabbily dressed man"
2: in a mean and ungenerous manner; "the two were haggling
shabbily in the drawing-room"
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showily
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adv 1: with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner; "Mr
Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at
the U.N. general assembly" [syn: ostentatiously,
showily]
2: in a fancy colorful manner; "he dresses rather flamboyantly"
[syn: flamboyantly, showily, flashily]
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skimpily
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adv 1: in a skimpy manner; "a skimpily dressed woman"
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sleepily
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adv 1: in a sleepy manner; "the two children who were snuggled
sleepily in the back of the car"
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sloppily
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adv 1: in a sloppy manner; "this work was done rather sloppily"
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soberly
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adv 1: in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward
the altar" [syn: gravely, soberly, staidly]
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sourly
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adv 1: in a sour manner; "he complained sourly that the new
rules only benefitted the managers"
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stably
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adv 1: in a stable solid fixed manner; "the boulder was balanced
stably at the edge of the canyon"
2: in a stable unchanging manner; "the death rate in Russia has
been stably high"
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stubbly
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adj 1: having a short growth of beard; "his stubbled chin" [syn:
bestubbled, stubbled, stubbly]
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surely
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adv 1: definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used
informally for `surely'); "the results are surely
encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's
going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for
certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough";
"he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good";
"sure he'll come" [syn: surely, certainly, sure,
for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as
shooting]
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swirl
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n 1: the shape of something rotating rapidly [syn: whirl,
swirl, vortex, convolution]
v 1: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled
in the autumn wind" [syn: twirl, swirl, twiddle,
whirl]
2: flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: eddy, purl,
whirlpool, swirl, whirl]
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twirl
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n 1: a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop
is pulled tight [syn: kink, twist, twirl]
2: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it
broke off after much twisting" [syn: spin, twirl,
twist, twisting, whirl]
v 1: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled
in the autumn wind" [syn: twirl, swirl, twiddle,
whirl]
2: cause to spin; "spin a coin" [syn: whirl, birl, spin,
twirl]
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unfurl
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v 1: unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or
spread out from a furled state; "unfurl a banner" [syn:
unfurl, unroll] [ant: roll up, wrap up]
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verbally
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adv 1: as a verb; "he had a habit of using nouns verbally"
2: by means of language; "verbally expressive"
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wobbly
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adj 1: inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety
table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder
felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though
one of the arches is wonky" [syn: rickety, shaky,
wobbly, wonky]
n 1: a member of the Industrial Workers of the World
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cybele
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n 1: great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor;
counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops [syn: Cybele,
Dindymene, Great Mother, Magna Mater, Mater
Turrita]
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birle
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v 1: cause a floating log to rotate by treading [syn: birl,
birle]
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tripoli
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n 1: a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered
form it is used in polishing [syn: rottenstone,
tripoli]
2: the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in
northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the
Phoenicians in the 7th century BC [syn: Tripoli, Tarabulus
Al-Gharb, capital of Libya]
3: a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on
the Mediterranean Sea [syn: Tarabulus, Tripoli,
Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablous]
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kimberley
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n 1: city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and
diamond marketing
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neighborly
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adj 1: exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor
[syn: neighborly, neighbourly]
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somberly
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adv 1: in a somber manner; "`That's sure bad news,' said Dowd,
somberly" [syn: somberly, sombrely]
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bumpily
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burley
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choppily
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dapperly
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dimply
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direly
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dumpily
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duopoly
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floppily
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impurely
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snappily
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tribally
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rubbly
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rumply
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birley
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earle
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earll
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erl
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sperl
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gourlay
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berle
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pearle
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perl
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perle
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searl
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searle
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shirl
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wurl
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trichinopoly
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brierley
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brierly
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burleigh
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kalgoorlie
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gourley
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aberle
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berley
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eberl
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haberl
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amberley
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moberly
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