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  • 1blow the joint — tv. to get out of a place, probably in a hurry. (Underworld. See also joint.) □ Come on, let’s blow the joint before there’s trouble. □ They blew the joint about an hour ago …

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  • 2blow — 1. tv. & in. to leave (someplace) in a hurry. (See also blow town; blow the joint.) □ It’s late. I gotta blow. □ They blew this place before you got here. 2. tv. to ruin something; to ruin an opportunity. □ You r …

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  • 3The Flying Pickets — is a British a cappella vocal group, that had a surprise Christmas number one hit in 1983 in the UK singles chart, with their cover of Yazoo s track Only You .HistoryThe name Flying Pickets refers to mobile strikers who travel in order to join a… …

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  • 6The $64,000 Question — Genre Game show Written by Joseph Nathan Kane Directed by Joseph Cates Seymour Robbie Presented by Hal March Country of or …

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  • 7The Return to Zion — ( he. שיבת ציון, Shivat Tzion , or שבי ציון, Shavei Tzion , lit. Zion Returnees ) is a term that refers to the event in which the Jews returned to the Land of Israel from the Babylonian exile following the decree by the Persian King Cyrus, the… …

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  • 8The Anglo-Saxon Church —     The Anglo Saxon Church     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Anglo Saxon Church     I. ANGLO SAXON OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN     The word Anglo Saxon is used as a collective name for those Teutonic settlers the foundation stock of the English race… …

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  • 9The Brehon Laws —     The Brehon Laws     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Brehon Laws     Brehon law is the usual term for Irish native law, as administered in Ireland down to almost the middle of the seventeenth century, and in fact amongst the native Irish until… …

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  • 10blow — blow1 W3S2 [bləu US blou] v past tense blew [blu:] past participle blown [ US bloun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(wind moving)¦ 2¦(wind moving something)¦ 3¦(air from your mouth)¦ 4¦(make a noise)¦ 5¦(violence)¦ 6¦(lose an opportunity)¦ 7¦(waste money)¦ …

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