inveterate
(en)
firmly established by long persistence; confirmed in habit
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an inveterate thrower of stones at the skins of ponds
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an inveterate thrower of stones at the skins of ponds
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trundle
(en)
(intrans verb) to progress by revolving; (trans verb) to propel by causing to rotate
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ding, trundle and sigh
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ding, trundle and sigh
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gabardine
(en)
a firm hard-finish durable fabric (as of wool or rayon) twilled with diagonal ribs on the right side
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exemplum gratis
(la)
for the sake of an example, e.g., for example
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used to start a sentence
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used to start a sentence
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invective
(en)
insulting, abusive, or highly critical language
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There was often far more of this constituents' mail, these Voices of the People, full of invective or adulation or petition for redress or advantage
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There was often far more of this constituents' mail, these Voices of the People, full of invective or adulation or petition for redress or advantage
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canter
(en)
(noun) a three-beat gait of a horse or other quadruped between a trot and a gallop; (verb) move to that gait
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He did run in 1960, or rather canter, in the primaries
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He did run in 1960, or rather canter, in the primaries
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scuttlebutt
(en)
rumor or gossip (deriving from the nautical term for the cask used to serve water)
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tympana
(en)
(plural for tympanum) the recessed, usually triangular space enclosed between the horizontal and sloping cornices of a pediment, often decorated with sculpture
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the mirror with frames carved like tympana
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the mirror with frames carved like tympana
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vicissitudes
(en)
(noun) a change or variation occurring in the course of something; successive, alternating, or changing phases or conditions, as of life or fortune; ups and downs
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the vicissitudes of human relatings
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the vicissitudes of human relatings
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igneous
(en)
(adj) of, relating to, or characteristic of fire
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