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  • 51figure — 01. When he was absent from work, I just [figured] he was sick, but I heard today that he quit. 02. She does a lot of exercise, and has a beautiful [figure] because of it. 03. Can you add up these [figures] for me, and see if you get the same… …

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  • 52Father Fidel Maíz — Infobox artist bgcolour = silver name = Fidel Maíz imagesize = caption = birthname = birthdate = March 8 1828 location = Arroyos y Esteros, Paraguay deathdate = 1920 deathplace = Asunción nationality = Paraguayan field = Religion, Teology… …

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  • 53Father Christmas —    The earliest evidence for a personified Christmas is a carol attributed to Richard Smart, Rector of Plymtree (Devon) from 1435 to 1477 (Dearmer and Williams, Oxford Book of Carols (1928), no. 21, 41 3); it is a sung dialogue between someone… …

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  • 54Father Set — Infobox comics character character name=Set converted=y caption=Set, in its seven headed form real name= species=Demon publisher=Marvel Comics debut=In print: The Phoenix on the Sword , Weird Tales , (December, 1932); In comics: Sub Mariner #9… …

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  • 55father — Synonyms and related words: Establishment, VIP, abba, abbe, affiliate to, agent, ancestor, ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, aunt, auntie, author, baron, bear, beget, begetter, beginner, big gun, big man, big name, bigwig,… …

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  • 56father time — noun Usage: usually capitalized F&T : time personified especially as an old man who is bald, bearded, and holding a scythe and water jar or sometimes an hourglass * * * ˌFather ˈTime 7 [Father Time] noun an imaginary figure who represents time… …

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  • 57Father Christmas — noun Brit. an imaginary figure said to bring presents for children on the night before Christmas Day …

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  • 58Romulus, My Father (film) — Infobox Film name = Romulus, My Father | caption = director = Richard Roxburgh producer = Robert Connolly John Maynard writer = Nick Drake Raimond Gaita (memoir) starring = Eric Bana Franka Potente Marton Csokas music = cinematography = Geoffrey… …

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  • 59foster father — noun a man who is a foster parent • Syn: ↑foster father • Hypernyms: ↑foster parent, ↑foster parent, ↑father figure, ↑father surrogate * * * a man who takes the place of a father in raising a child. [bef. 900; ME; …

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  • 60mother figure — noun a woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother • Hypernyms: ↑woman, ↑adult female * * * noun, pl ⋯ ures [count] : an older woman who is respected and admired like a mother Camp counselors are mother figures to many of the… …

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