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  • 121champerty — noun Etymology: Middle English champartie, from Anglo French, from champart share in litigious property, from champ field (from Latin campus) + part portion more at part Date: 15th century a proceeding by which a person not a party in a suit… …

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  • 122cherry picker — noun Date: circa 1944 1. a traveling crane equipped for holding a passenger at the end of the boom 2. one who cherry picks < cherry pickers who gobbled up bargains all over town J. S. Coyle > …

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  • 123galore — adjective Etymology: Irish go leor enough Date: 1628 abundant, plentiful used postpositively < bargains galore > …

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  • 124learn — verb (learned; learning) Etymology: Middle English lernen, from Old English leornian; akin to Old High German lernēn to learn, Old English last footprint, Latin lira furrow, track Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. (1) to gain&#8230; …

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  • 125screw — I. noun Etymology: Middle English scrue, from Middle French escroe female screw, nut, from Medieval Latin scrofa, from Latin, sow Date: 15th century 1. a. a simple machine of the inclined plane type consisting of a spirally grooved solid cylinder …

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  • 126snap — I. verb (snapped; snapping) Etymology: Dutch or Low German snappen; akin to Middle High German snappen to snap Date: 1530 intransitive verb 1. a. to make a sudden closing of the jaws ; seize something sharply with the mouth < fish snapping …

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  • 127troll — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, probably from Anglo French *troiller, *troller; akin to Anglo French troil, trolle winch Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to cause to move round and round ; roll 2. a. to sing the parts of (as a round or&#8230; …

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  • 128Adversarial system — The adversarial system (or adversary system) of law is the system of law, generally adopted in common law countries, that relies on the skill of each advocate representing his or her party s positions and involves an impartial person, usually a&#8230; …

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