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  • 31Fruit (slang) — Fruit and Fruit cake (as well as many variations) are slang Sexual s te. dyke.cite web first=Danny title=Strange Fruit publisher=Nighttours.com date=2007 url =http://www.nighttours.nl/amsterdam/gayguide/strange fruit.php accessdate=2007 11 15]… …

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  • 32fruitcake — noun 1. a whimsically eccentric person • Syn: ↑crackpot, ↑crank, ↑nut, ↑nut case, ↑screwball • Derivationally related forms: ↑screwball (for: ↑ …

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  • 33crank — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cranke, from Old English cranc (as in crancstæf, a weaving instrument); probably akin to Middle High German krank weak, sick more at cringe Date: 13th century 1. a bent part of an axle or shaft or an arm keyed at …

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  • 34screwball — /skrooh bawl /, n. 1. Slang. an eccentric or whimsically eccentric person; a nut. 2. Baseball. a pitched ball that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown. adj. 3. Slang. eccentric or whimsically eccentric: What a screwball… …

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  • 35random — /ˈrændəm / (say randuhm) adjective 1. going, made, occurring, etc., without definite aim, purpose, or reason. 2. not according to a pattern or method. 3. randomised: random sampling. 4. Building Trades (of slates, blocks, paving stones, etc.)… …

  • 36British slang — circuBritish slang is English language slang used in the UK. Slang is informal language sometimes peculiar to a particular social class or group and its use in Britain dates back to before the 16th century. The language of slang, in common with… …

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  • 37My Daddy Long Legs — Julia Pendleton, Judy Abott and Sally McBride 私のあしながおじさん (Watashi No Ashinaga Ojisan) Genre …

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  • 38cranked — adj. formed with or having a crank; eccentric; characteristic of or done by a person who is malicious or playing a prank kræŋk n. lever, handle; eccentric person, oddball, crackpot v. rotate; turn a lever; start an engine …

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  • 39flaky — (adj.) 1570s, from FLAKE (Cf. flake) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Meaning eccentric, crazy first recorded 1959, said to be American English baseball slang, but probably from earlier druggie slang flake cocaine (1920s). Flake eccentric person is a 1968 back… …

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  • 40head — n., adj., & v. n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of an animal s body, containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs. 2 a the head regarded as the seat of intellect or repository of comprehended information. b… …

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