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  • 71gamine — /gam een, in, ga meen /, n. 1. a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets. 2. a diminutive or very slender girl, esp. one who is pert, impudent, or playfully mischievous. adj. 3. of or like a gamine: a gamine personality; clothes for… …

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  • 72Dido Elizabeth Belle — Dido Elizabeth Belle, vers 1778. Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761 1804) est la fille naturelle de l amiral John Lindsay et d une esclave connue seulement sous le nom de Belle, dont on sait très peu de choses hormis sa condition d esclave noire. Dido… …

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  • 73Strange Phenomena — «Strange Phenomena» Сингл Кейт Буш из альбома …

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  • 74flirt — (v.) 1550s, originally to turn up one s nose, sneer at, then to rap or flick, as with the fingers (1560s). The noun is first attested 1540s, from the verb, with the meaning stroke of wit. It s possible that the original word was imitative, along… …

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  • 75minx — (n.) 1540s, mynx pet dog, later a young, pert, wanton girl [Johnson] (1590s), of uncertain origin, perhaps a shortening of minikin girl, woman, from M.Du. minnekijn darling, beloved, from minne love (see MINNESINGER (Cf. minnesinger)) + kijn,… …

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  • 76gamine — gam•ine [[t]ˈgæm in, ɪn, gæˈmin[/t]] n. 1) cvb a neglected girl left to run about the streets 2) a diminutive girl, esp. one who is pert 3) cvb of or like a gamine • Etymology: 1895–1900; < F; fem. of gamin …

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  • 77UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …

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  • 78Giglet — Giglot Gig lot, Giglet Gig let, n. [Cf. Icel. gikkr a pert, rude person, Dan. giek a fool, silly man, AS. gagol, g[ae]gl, lascivious, wanton, MHG. gogel wanton, giege fool, and E. gig a wanton person.] A wanton; a lascivious or light, giddy girl …

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  • 79Giglot — Gig lot, Giglet Gig let, n. [Cf. Icel. gikkr a pert, rude person, Dan. giek a fool, silly man, AS. gagol, g[ae]gl, lascivious, wanton, MHG. gogel wanton, giege fool, and E. gig a wanton person.] A wanton; a lascivious or light, giddy girl. [Obs.] …

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  • 80gimcrack — gim crack , n. [OE., a spruce and pert pretender, also, a spruce girl, prob. fr. gim + crack lad, boaster.] A trivial mechanism; a device. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. A toy; a pretty thing; an ornamental object of no great value. Syn: trinket,… …

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