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  • 1sly — sly, cunning, crafty, tricky, foxy, insidious, wily, guileful, artful are comparable when they mean having or showing a disposition to attain one s ends by devious or indirect means. Sly implies a lack of candor which shows itself in… …

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  • 2sly — c.1200, from O.N. sloegr cunning, crafty, sly, from P.Gmc. *slogis (Cf. Low Ger. slu cunning, sly ), probably from base *slog hit (see SLAY (Cf. slay)), with an original notion of able to hit. Cf. Ger. verschlagen cunning, crafty, sly,… …

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  • 3List of Sly Cooper characters — This is a list of characters in the Sly Cooper video game series. Contents 1 Allies 1.1 Cooper Gang 1.1.1 Sly Cooper 1.1.2 Bentley …

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  • 4William Sly — (d. August 1608) was an actor in English Renaissance theatre, a colleague of William Shakespeare and Richard Burbage in the Lord Chamberlain s Men and the King s Men. [E. K. Chambers, The Elizabethan Stage, 4 Volumes, Oxford, Clarendon Press,… …

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  • 5rogue — n. 1. Vagrant, sturdy beggar, vagabond. 2. Knave, villain, swindler, sharper, cheat, trickster, rascal, scamp, scoundrel, scapegrace, caitiff, picaroon. 3. Mischievous fellow, wag, sly fellow, playful knave …

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  • 6coon — noun 1》 N. Amer. short for raccoon. 2》 informal, offensive a black person. [sl. use of sense 1, from an earlier sense ‘(sly) fellow’.] …

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  • 7gazob — /gəˈzɒb/ (say guh zob) noun Colloquial a stupid person; a blunderer. {20th century; origin unknown; compare older slang gazabo sly fellow, from Spanish} …

  • 8coon — ► NOUN 1) N. Amer. short for RACCOON(Cf. ↑raccoon). 2) informal, offensive a black person. [ORIGIN: slang use of sense 1, from an earlier sense ‘(sly) fellow’.] …

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  • 9performing 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 …

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  • 10List of Bucky O'Hare characters — This article is about characters who appear in Bucky O Hare and the Toad Wars. Contents 1 S.P.A.C.E. Members and Allies 1.1 Commander Dogstar 1.2 Mimi LaFloo 1.3 Wolf …

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