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  • 11National Public Order Intelligence Unit — The National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPOIU) is a United Kingdom police intelligence unit set up in 1999 to track green activists and public demonstrations.[1] Contents 1 History 2 Purpose 3 Organisatio …

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  • 12willies — 1896, spell of nervousness, perhaps from the woollies, a dialectal term for nervous uneasiness, probably in reference to the itchiness of wool garments …

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  • 13bag up — PHRASAL VERB If you bag up a quantity of something, you put it into bags. [V P n (not pron)] So Sarah bagged up her old woollies and frocks and sent a parcel off to Jane. [Also V n P] …

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  • 14prawn — The literal definition of prawn (a word which appears in the Middle English period, but whose origin is unknown) as an edible shellfish is obviously part of standard English. It is, however, the figurative use of the word to describe a fool or… …

    Australian idioms

  • 15woolly — adjective (woollier, woolliest) 1》 made of wool.     ↘(of an animal or plant) covered with wool or hair resembling wool.     ↘resembling wool in texture or appearance. 2》 vague or confused: woolly thinking. 3》 (of a sound) indistinct or distorted …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 16woolly — 1. BrE, wooly AmE adjective 1 made of or feeling like wool: a woolly hat 2 not showing clear thinking: a woolly argument. wooliness noun (U) 2. noun (countable usually plural) BrE a piece of clothing made of wool, especially wool that has been… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17woolly — I UK [ˈwʊlɪ] / US adjective Word forms woolly : adjective woolly comparative woollier superlative woolliest 1) informal made from wool, or similar to wool a woolly sweater 2) confused and not clear a woolly theory Derived word: wooliness noun… …

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  • 18woolly — wool•ly or wooly [[t]ˈwʊl i[/t]] adj. wool•li•er or wool•i•er, wool•li•est or wool•i•est, 1) consisting of or resembling wool: a woolly fleece; woolly hair[/ex] 2) clothed or covered with wool or something like it 3) like the rough, vigorous… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 19woolly — /ˈwʊli / (say woolee) adjective (woollier, woolliest) 1. consisting of wool. 2. resembling wool. 3. clothed or covered with wool or something resembling it. 4. not clear or firm, as thinking, expression, depiction, etc.; blurred, confused, or… …

  • 20woolliness — woolly ► ADJECTIVE (woollier, woolliest) 1) made of wool. 2) (of an animal or plant) covered with wool or hair resembling wool. 3) resembling wool in texture or appearance. 4) confused or unclear. ► NOUN (pl. woollies …

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