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  • 1futz — [fʌts] verb (usu. futz around) N. Amer. informal idle or busy oneself aimlessly. Origin 1930s: perh. an alt. of Yiddish arumfartzen fart about …

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  • 2Theatre Passe Muraille — Theatre Passe Muraille, theatre company in Toronto, Canada.HistoryOne of Canada s most influential alternative theatres, Passe Muraille was founded in 1968 by director and playwright Jim Garrard. The company gained local notoriety when it was… …

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  • 3List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English …

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  • 4trifle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bagatelle, nothing, triviality; gewgaw, trinket, knickknack, gimcrack; particle, bit, morsel, trace. See littleness, unimportance. v. i. toy, play, dally, fool. See neglect. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A… …

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  • 5loaf — I n block, brick, cake, slab; lump, Inf. hunk, Inf. chunk. II v 1. laze, lounge, idle, do nothing, vegetate, watch the river flow, let the grass grow under one s feet, twiddle one s thumbs, Inf. lallygag; lie around, lounge around, loll around,… …

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  • 6Andrew Robinson — Infobox actor imagesize = 200px caption = Robinson at an ExpoTrek Convention in Hanover, Germany, 2000 birthname = Andrew Jordt Robinson birthdate = birth date and age|mf=yes|1942|02|14 birthplace = New York City, U.S.A. othername = Andy Robinson …

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  • 7fart — 1. noun /fɑː(ɹ)t/ a) An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus. b) An irritating person; a fool. Syn: barking spider, bottom burp, flatus, fluffer doodle …

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  • 8sex — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Interaction between the sexes Nouns 1. gender; sexuality; eroticism, sensuality; male, female, masculine, feminine; free love, promiscuity; facts of life, birds and the bees; conjugal rights; Kinsey… …

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  • 9tinker — verb a mechanic was tinkering with the engine Syn: fiddle with, adjust, fix, try to mend, play about with, fool with, futz with; tamper with, interfere with, mess about with, meddle with …

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  • 10Jennifer O'Neill — (born February 20, 1948) is an American actress and author, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the daughter of a Spanish Irish businessman and his English wife. As a teenager, O Neill worked as a fashion model and appeared in television commercials… …

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