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61Salomon — This intriguing and unusual name is of early medieval English origin, and derives from the Middle English and Old French given name Salmon or Saumon , a contracted form of Salomon. The ultimate origin of the personal name is from the Hebrew male… …
62Stracey — This interesting surname is believed to be a form of the Scottish Strachan, itself being a locational name for a place in the parish of Banchory, near Kincardine, which is first recorded in 1153 in the form Strateyham , and perhaps gets its name… …
63Tuckey — This interesting and uncommon name is of Old Scandinavian origin, and represents a survival into the medieval period of surname formation in England of the Old Norse personal name or byname Toki ; this was also found in Old Danish as Toki, Tuki …
64jet — English has two distinct words jet. The older, which denotes a type of black stone used in jewellery [14], comes via Old French jaiet and Latin gagātēs from Greek gagátēs, which denoted ‘stone from Gagai’, a town in Lycia, in Asia Minor, where it …
65rather — 1. Rather is common in BrE as a so called ‘downtoner’, i.e. an adverb that reduces the effect of the following adjective, adverb, or noun, as in It is rather expensive, You were driving rather fast, and He s rather a fool. With nouns, the… …
66jet — English has two distinct words jet. The older, which denotes a type of black stone used in jewellery [14], comes via Old French jaiet and Latin gagātēs from Greek gagátēs, which denoted ‘stone from Gagai’, a town in Lycia, in Asia Minor, where it …
67-ery — suffix forming nouns denoting: 1 a class or kind (greenery; machinery; citizenry). 2 employment; state or condition (archery; dentistry; slavery; bravery). 3 a place of work or cultivation or breeding (brewery; orangery; rookery). 4 behaviour ( …
68weren't — contr. were not. * * * R |wər(.ə)nt, R |wə̄nt or |wərənt sometimes |wə̄ənt; archaic or Brit |wa(a)](ə)rnt or |we] or ]rənt or ]ənt Etymology: by contraction : were not * * * …
69who'll — /hoohl/ contraction of who will or who shall: Who ll mind the store? Usage. See contraction. * * * who ll /hool/ contracted form of who will and who shall * * * who’ll UK [huːl] US [hul] short form the usual way of saying or writing ‘who will’… …
70who've — /hoov/ contracted form of who have * * * who’ve UK [huːv] US [huv] short form the usual way of saying or writing ‘who have’ This is not often used in formal writing . Thesaurus: short formshyponym * * * who ve [who ve] [huːv] …
