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  • 1parvenu — n. [Fr.] Upstart, mushroom, snob, pretentious fellow, pretender to gentility …

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  • 2snob — n. Upstart, mushroom, pretender to gentility, pretentious fellow, parvenu …

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  • 3upstart — n. Snob, mushroom, pretentious fellow, pretender to gentility, parvenu …

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  • 4china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 5China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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  • 6Thomaso — Thomaso, or the Wanderer is mid seventeenth century stage play, a two part comedy written by Thomas Killigrew, The work was composed in Madrid, c. 1654. Thomaso is based on Killigrew s personal experiences as a Royalist exile during the era of… …

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  • 7Mémoires de Barry Lyndon — Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq., By Himself Pour les articles homonymes, voir Barry, Lyndon et Barry Lyndon. William Makepeace …

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