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  • 21Blackguard — Black guard (bl[a^]g g[aum]rd), n. [Black + guard.] 1. The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman s household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen utensils, and being smutted by them, were… …

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  • 22Japanner — Ja*pan ner, n. 1. One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled in the art. [1913 Webster] 2. A bootblack. [R.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 23Shoeblack — Shoe black , n. One who polishes shoes; same as {bootblack}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 24shoeblack — noun Date: 1751 bootblack …

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  • 25Pride parade — 13th annual São Paulo Gay Pride Parade, 2009, Brazil. In 2006, it was considered the biggest pride parade of the world by the Guinness Book of World Records with an estimated 2.5 million participants, In 2009, 3.2 million people attended. Pride… …

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  • 26Horatio Alger, Jr. — Infobox Writer name = Horatio Alger, Jr. pseudonym = birthdate = birth date|1832|1|13 birthplace Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States deathdate = death date and age|1899|7|18|1832|1|13|df=yes deathplace = Natick, Massachusetts occupation =… …

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  • 27Thomas D. Rice — Thomas Dartmouth (T.D.) Daddy Rice (May 20, 1808 ndash; September 19, 1860) was a comedian in the blackface form of comedy of the 19th century. Because he developed an immediately popular song and dance routine playing the role of an old black… …

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  • 28Shoe fetishism — Shoe fetishism, also known as retifism (after Nicolas Edme Rétif), is the attribution of attractive sexual qualities to shoes or other footwear as a matter of sexual preference, psychosexual disorder, and an alternative or complement to a… …

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  • 29Bianca Castafiore — Bianca Castafiore, by Hergé Publication information Publisher Casterman (Belgium …

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  • 30Dance in film — This is a list of movies featuring recognizable dance forms, demonstrating them, shedding light on their origin, or being the base of a plot. This article is not about Dance film or Dance for camera which are separate genres. It is also not about …

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