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  • 21buzzwig — ˈbəˌzwig noun Etymology: buzz wig : a person wearing a buzz wig; specifically : bigwig * * * /buz wig /, n. 1. a large, bushy wig. 2. a person wearing such a wig. 3. a person of consequence …

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  • 22buzzwig — /buz wig /, n. 1. a large, bushy wig. 2. a person wearing such a wig. 3. a person of consequence. Also, buzz wig. [1810 20; buzz bushy wig (prob. shortening of BUSBY) + WIG] * * * …

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  • 23somebody — n. 1. One, some, person, some one. 2. Something, a person of consequence …

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  • 24buzzwig — /ˈbʌzwɪg/ (say buzwig) noun 1. a large, bushy wig. 2. a person wearing such a wig. 3. a person of consequence; bigwig …

  • 25Bigwig — Big wig , n. [Big,a.+ wig.] A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society. [Jocose] [1913 Webster] In our youth we have heard him spoken of by the bigwigs with extreme condescension. Dickens. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 26big shot — noun Date: 1929 a person of consequence or prominence < corporate big shots > …

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  • 27don — I. transitive verb (donned; donning) Etymology: Middle English, contraction of do on Date: 14th century 1. to put on (an article of clothing) 2. to wrap oneself in ; take on 3a II. noun Etymology: Spanish, fr …

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  • 28Hyakunin Isshu — Poem Card No.1 Ogura shikisi by Teika Hyakunin isshu …

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  • 29Rosina Bulwer Lytton — Rosina Doyle Bulwer Lytton (4 November, 1802 12 March, 1882), née Wheeler, wrote and published fourteen novels, a volume of essays and a volume of letters. Her husband was Edward Bulwer Lytton, a novelist and politician. She spelled her married&#8230; …

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  • 30Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feuchères — (c. 1795 1840), was an English born adventuress best known as a mistress of Louis Henry II, Prince of Condé.She was born at St Helens, Isle of Wight, the daughter of an alcoholic fisherman named Richard Daw. She grew up in the workhouse at&#8230; …

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