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  • 51toy — 1. noun /tɔɪ/ a) Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child. Then seemed him his Lady by him lay, / And to him playnd, how that false winged boy, / Her chast hart had subdewd, to learne Dame pleasures toy. b) A thing of… …

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  • 52minuity — noun a) A trifle; a thing of little importance or worth; something small. I would not have my soule suffer in the other world for such a minuity as is thy wages. b) Smallness; meanness. The space of the reversion of the project to the… …

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  • 53Democratic ideals — is a rhetorical phrase used to denote either personal qualities or standards of government behavior that are felt to be essential for the continuation of a democratic policy. Advocates for causes across the political spectrum use this phrase in… …

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  • 54Marie Cabel — (31 January 1827 – 23 May 1885) was a Belgian coloratura soprano. She is probably best remembered for having created the role of Philine in Ambroise Thomas opera Mignon. Contents …

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  • 55non-entity — (n.) also nonentity, c.1600, something which does not exist, from NON (Cf. non ) + ENTITY (Cf. entity). Meaning a person or thing of no importance is attested from 1710 …

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  • 56big enchilada N. Amer. — big enchilada N. Amer. informal a person or thing of great importance. → enchilada …

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  • 57enchilada — [ˌɛntʃɪ lα:də] noun a tortilla filled with meat or cheese and served with chilli sauce. Phrases big enchilada N. Amer. informal a person or thing of great importance. the whole enchilada N. Amer. informal the whole situation; everything. Origin… …

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  • 58triviality — noun 1) the triviality of the subject matter Syn: unimportance, insignificance, inconsequence, inconsequentiality, pettiness, banality 2) he need not concern himself with such trivialities Syn: minor detail, thing of no importance/consequence,… …

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  • 59accent*/ — [ˈæks(ə)nt] noun I 1) [C] a way of pronouncing words that shows what country, region, or social class you come from an upper class British accent[/ex] Tom hasn t lost his broad Irish accent.[/ex] 2) [C] a mark above a letter that shows how you… …

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  • 60kingpin — king•pin [[t]ˈkɪŋˌpɪn[/t]] n. 1) spo (in bowling) a) the headpin b) the pin at the center 2) Informal. a person or thing of chief importance 3) aum either of the pins that are a part of the mechanism for turning the front wheels in some… …

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