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  • 101Texture — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Structure. < N PARAG:Texture >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 structure structure =>(form) ???>240 organization anatomy frame mold fabric construction Sgm: N 1 framework framework carcass …

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  • 102Davy Crockett Hat — Davy Crockett, Davy Crockett The man who knows no fear Davy Crockett, Davy Crockett King of the wild frontier.    Many distinguished fighters and frontiersmen were killed in the famous battle of the Alamo. Among them was David Crockett, popularly …

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  • 103homebred — adj 1. domestic, domiciliary, internal, interior; native, natural, natal, indigenous, aboriginal, autochthonous, autochthonal, autochthonic; homespun, homegrown, homemade, home born, home raised, native grown. 2. unpolished, unsophisticated,… …

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  • 104cracker-barrel — adjective characteristic of country life cracker barrel philosophy folksy humor the air of homespun country boys • Syn: ↑folksy, ↑homespun • Similar to: ↑rural …

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  • 105cracker-barrel — adj. characteristic of country life; as, cracker barrel philosophy. Syn: folksy, homespun. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 106folksy — adj. 1. same as {cracker barrel}. Syn: cracker barrel, homespun. [WordNet 1.5] 2. very informal and familiar; as, a folksy radio commentator; a folksy style. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 107Russet — Rus set, a. [F. rousset, dim. of roux red, L. russus (for rudtus, rudhtus), akin to E. red. See {Red}, and cf. {Roussette}.] 1. Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal… …

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  • 108butternut — noun Date: 1741 1. an eastern North American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the walnut family with sweet egg shaped nuts and light brown wood called also white walnut 2. a. a light yellowish brown b. plural homespun overalls dyed brown with a… …

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  • 109cracker-barrel — adjective Etymology: from the cracker barrel in country stores around which customers lounged for informal conversation Date: 1916 suggestive of the friendly homespun character of a country store < a cracker barrel philosopher > …

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  • 110Kendal green — noun Etymology: Kendal, England Date: 1514 a green woolen cloth resembling homespun or tweed …

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