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  • 51look\ down\ one's\ nose\ at — v. phr. informal To think of as worthless; feel scorn for. The banker s wife has beautiful china cups, and she looked down her nose at the plastic cups that Mrs. Brown used. Harry has never had to work, and he looks down his nose at people in… …

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  • 52in your cups —    drunk    You need only one cup, if it is large enough, or refilled sufficiently often:     ... in his cups could do an admirable softshoe clog. (Sanders, 1973)    If you have taken a cup too many it means you are drunk …

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  • 53List of artists who reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart — This is a list of all those musicians who made #1 on the Billboard R B chart, as defined in Joel Whitburn s Top R B Singles (ISBN 0 89820 115 2).The chart was officially titled as follows : :Oct 1942 Feb 1945 The Harlem Hit Parade:Feb 1945 Jun… …

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  • 54Common Unix Printing System — Infobox Software name = Common Unix Printing System caption = CUPS Logo author = Michael Sweet developer = Apple Inc., who purchased it from Easy Software Products released = 1999 06 09 latest release version = 1.3.9 latest release date = release …

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  • 55cup — cuplike, adj. /kup/, n., v., cupped, cupping. n. 1. a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc. 2. the bowllike part of a goblet or the… …

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  • 56cup — noun 1》 a small bowl shaped container for drinking from, typically with a handle.     ↘chiefly N. Amer. a measure of capacity used in cookery, equal to half a US pint (0.237 litre).     ↘(in church use) a chalice used at the Eucharist.… …

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  • 57Spinal Tap discography — The semi fictitious rock band Spinal Tap has released two albums in addition to several bootleg compilations that have been compiled by fans. The band also has an extensive fictitious back catalog which is discussed briefly within the film. Real… …

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  • 58Mei-mei Berssenbrugge — (born October 5, 1947 Beijing, China) is a contemporary poet. Winner of two American Book Awards, her work is often associated with the Language School, the poetry of the New York School, phenomenology, and visual art. She is married to the… …

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  • 59Gian Paolo Montali — (born January 18, 1960 in Traversetolo, province of Parma) is an Italian volleyball coach who has won two Volleyball European Championships with Italian national team.Montali began his career as volleyball coach for the junior team of the Santal… …

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  • 60Drunkenness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Drunkenness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 drunkenness drunkenness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 intemperance intemperance Sgm: N 1 drinking drinking &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 inebriety inebriety inebriation Sgm …

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