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41Ulster Special Constabulary — The Ulster Special Constabulary (USC) (commonly called the B Specials ) was a reserve police force in Ireland. Formed during a period of great unrest following the Easter Rising and during the Irish War of Independence it was intended as a… …
42Tom Sharpe — (born 30 March 1928) is an English satirical author, born in London and educated at Lancing College and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. After National Service he moved to South Africa in 1951, doing social work and teaching in Natal, until… …
43goliard — goliardery /gohl yahr deuh ree/, n. goliardic, adj. /gohl yeuhrd/, n. (sometimes cap.) one of a class of wandering scholar poets in Germany, France, and England, chiefly in the 12th and 13th centuries, noted as the authors of satirical Latin… …
44mob — mobber, mobbist, n. mobbish, adj. mobbishly, adv. mobbishness, n. mobbism, n. /mob/, n., adj., v., mobbed, mobbing. n. 1. a disorderly or riotous crowd of people. 2. a crowd bent on or engaged in lawless violence. 3. any group or coll …
45performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
46debauched — adjective unrestrained by convention or morality Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society deplorably dissipated and degraded riotous living fast women • Syn: ↑degenerate, ↑degraded, ↑dissipated, ↑ …
47degraded — adjective 1. lowered in value the dollar is low a debased currency • Syn: ↑debased, ↑devalued • Similar to: ↑low 2. unrestrained by convention or morality Congr …
48disruptive — adjective characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination (Freq. 2) effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive riotous times these troubled areas the tumultuous years of his administration a turbulent and unruly childhood • Syn …
49dissipated — adjective 1. preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance led a dissipated life a betting man a card playing son of a bitch a gambling fool sporting gents and their ladies • Syn: ↑betting, ↑ …
50riotously — adverb 1. in a tumultuous and riotous manner the crowd was demonstrating tumultuously • Syn: ↑tumultuously • Derived from adjective: ↑riotous, ↑tumultuous (for: ↑tumultuously) …
