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  • 31Lewis Theobald — (getauft 2. April 1688; † 18. September 1744), Vereinigtes Königreich, Herausgeber und Autor, war eine Schlüsselfigur in der Geschichte der Editionen von William Shakespeare und im Bereich der literarischen Satire. Er war wichtig für die… …

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  • 32Size — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Size >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 size size magnitude dimension bulk volume Sgm: N 1 largeness largeness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 greatness greatness &c.(of quantity) 31 Sgm: N 1 e …

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  • 33bouncer — n. (Colloq.) 1. Roaster. See blusterer. 2. Falsehood, lie, whopper, bounce. 3. Giant, strapper, huge fellow, huge specimen …

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  • 34giant — n 1. colossus, titan, man mountain, giantess, Amazon, (collective) nephilim; Goliath, Pantagruel, Brobdingnagian, Antaeus, Cyclops, Briareus, Cottus, Gyges, Gog, Magog, Og, King Kong, Paul Bunyan; behemoth, leviathan, monster, mammoth, mastodon,… …

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  • 35Phar Lap — I. /ˈfa læp/ (say fah lap) noun an Australian racehorse, born in NZ; won the Melbourne Cup in 1930 in spite of heavy handicap. Although initially unsuccessful, the chestnut gelding Phar Lap repaid the faith of his strapper, Tommy Woodcock, by… …

  • 36understrapper — [un′dər strap΄ər] n. [ UNDER + STRAPPER] a subordinate or underling …

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  • 37adult male — noun an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) there were two women and six men on the bus • Syn: ↑man • Ant: ↑woman (for: ↑man) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 38strap — n. & v. n. 1 a strip of leather or other flexible material, often with a buckle or other fastening for holding things together etc. 2 a thing like this for keeping a garment in place. 3 a loop for grasping to steady oneself in a moving vehicle. 4 …

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  • 39understrapper — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: under (III) + strapper : an inferior agent or official : a petty subordinate : underling country being run into the ground by a bunch of big headed understrappers who went around lording it over the taxpayers… …

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