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  • 1mock- — [mɔk US ma:k] prefix 1.) used to show that an attitude or feeling is pretended, not real ▪ a mock serious expression ▪ His frown was mock severe. 2.) copying a particular style, especially of building ▪ a mock Tudor fireplace …

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  • 2mock- — [mɔk US ma:k] prefix 1.) used to show that an attitude or feeling is pretended, not real ▪ a mock serious expression ▪ His frown was mock severe. 2.) copying a particular style, especially of building ▪ a mock Tudor fireplace …

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  • 3mock — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from moker Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to treat with contempt or ridicule ; deride 2. to disappoint the hopes of 3. defy, challenge 4. a …

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  • 4mock- — prefix 1 only pretendingly: a mock serious expression 2 not real: a mock Tudor fireplace …

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  • 5Mock the Week — logo Genre Comedy Format Panel game …

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  • 6Serious Fun — Livealbum von George Gruntz Trio Veröffentlichung 1990 Label Enja Forma …

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  • 7Mock auction — A Mock auction is a scam usually operated in a street market, disposal sale or similar environment, where cheap and low quality goods are sold at high prices by a team of confidence tricksters. In 19th Century New York, mock auctions revolved… …

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  • 8Ronald Knox — LifeRonald Arbuthnott Knox was born in Leicestershire, England into an Anglican family (his father was Edmund Arbuthnott Knox who became bishop of Manchester), and was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1910, he became a… …

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  • 9College of the University of Chicago — The College of The University of Chicago Established 1892 Type Private Dean …

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  • 10Parody music — Parody music, or musical parody, involves changing or recycling existing (usually very well known) musical ideas or lyrics or copying the peculiar style of a composer or artist, or even a general style of music. Although the result is often funny …

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