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  • 21To bite the dust — Dust Dust (d[u^]st), n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh. akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. [root]71.] 1. Fine, dry… …

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  • 22To kick up dust — Dust Dust (d[u^]st), n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh. akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. [root]71.] 1. Fine, dry… …

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  • 23To raise dust — Dust Dust (d[u^]st), n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh. akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. [root]71.] 1. Fine, dry… …

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  • 24To throw dust in one's eyes — Dust Dust (d[u^]st), n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh. akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. [root]71.] 1. Fine, dry… …

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  • 25Ustilago Carbo — Dust Dust (d[u^]st), n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh. akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. [root]71.] 1. Fine, dry… …

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  • 26List of songs about or referencing Elvis Presley — The iconic nature of Elvis Presley in music and popular culture have often made him a subject of or a touchstone in various songs. Written in memory of, or explicitly and primarily about him* A Century of Elvis by Belle and Sebastian * A Liddle… …

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  • 27lemon — {{11}}lemon (1) type of citrus fruit, c.1400, lymon, from O.Fr. limon citrus fruit (12c.), via Provençal or Italian from Arabic laimun, from Pers. limu(n), generic terms for citrus fruits (Cf. LIME (Cf. lime) (n.2)); cognate with Skt. nimbu the… …

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  • 28paltry — (adj.) 1560s, probably an adjectival use of noun paltry worthless thing (1550s), associated with dialectal palt, pelt trash, cognate with M.L.G. and E.Fris. palte rag, M.Du. palt broken or torn fragment. Cf. Low Ger. paltrig rubbishy, E.Fris.… …

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  • 29picnic — (n.) 1748 (in Chesterfield s Letters ), but rare before c.1800 as an English institution, from Fr. piquenique (1690s), perhaps a reduplication of piquer to pick, peck, from O.Fr. (see PIKE (Cf. pike) (n.2)), or the second element may be nique… …

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  • 30dreck — n rubbish, a worthless thing, shit. From the Yiddish drek and German dreck, which have the same meaning. ► Here s some news to gladden the hearts of all devotees of dreck the world premiere of Prisoner Cell Block H . (Time Out magazine, July… …

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