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  • 31Gary Hemming — (1934 – 1969) was a noted American mountaineer. Together with Royal Robbins he made the first ascent of the American Direct route on the Aiguille du Dru in Chamonix in 1962, and was widely known in France for his role as a rescuer of a party on… …

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  • 32Tom Hickathrift — (or sometimes Jack Hickathrift) is a legendary figure of East Anglian English folklore mdash; a character similar to Jack the Giant Killer. He famously battled a giant, and is sometimes said to be a giant himself, though normally he is just… …

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  • 33gaunt — gauntly, adv. gauntness, n. /gawnt/, adj., gaunter, gauntest. 1. extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated. 2. bleak, desolate, or grim, as places or things: a gaunt, windswept landscape.… …

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  • 34lanky — lankily, adv. lankiness, n. /lang kee/, adj., lankier, lankiest. ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt: a very tall and lanky man. [1660 70; LANK + Y1] * * * …

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  • 35Lincoln, Abraham — born Feb. 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Ky., U.S. died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C. 16th president of the U.S. (1861–65). Born in a Kentucky log cabin, he moved to Indiana in 1816 and to Illinois in 1830. After working as a storekeeper, a rail… …

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  • 36Equestrian Sports — ▪ 2009 Introduction Thoroughbred Racing. United States.       A seemingly invincible three year old colt named Big Brown took American Thoroughbred racing by storm during the 2008 spring classic season. In the 134th Kentucky Derby on May 3, Big… …

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  • 37Raubein — Rau|bein 〈n. 11; fig.; umg.〉 Mensch mit rauem Umgangston, mit rauem Benehmen, grober, aber nicht böser Mensch [→ raubeinig; volksetymolog. Übersetzung von engl. rawboned „fleischlos, klapperdürr“] * * * Rau|bein, das [rückgeb. aus ↑ raubeinig]: 1 …

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  • 38angular — Synonyms and related words: V shaped, Y shaped, akimbo, bent, bony, cornered, crooked, crotched, crude, forked, furcal, furcate, gaunt, geniculate, geniculated, hooked, jagged, knee shaped, lank, lanky, pointed, raw, rawboned, rough, roughhewn,… …

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  • 39bony — Synonyms and related words: angular, bone, cement, cemental, concrete, corneous, dense, diamondlike, dure, flat, flat chested, fleshless, flintlike, flinty, gangling, gangly, gaunt, gawky, granitelike, granitic, hard, hard as nails, hardhearted,… …

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  • 40flat — Synonyms and related words: 3 D, Pullman, Pullman car, abeyant, absolute, absolutely, absonant, accented, accidental, accommodation, accordant, accumbent, achromatic, achromic, act drop, admitting no exception, alabaster, alike, alkali flat, all… …

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