give a wide berth (to)

  • 121Morgan v. Hennigan — The case that defined the school busing controversy in Boston, Massachusetts during the 1970s was Morgan v. Hennigan. On 14 March 1972 the Boston chapter of the NAACP filed a class action lawsuit against the Boston School Committee on behalf of… …

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  • 122Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom — A Sourcebook of Africa for Vampire: The Masquerade Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom cover (2003 edition) Designer(s) Justin Achilli, Voronica Whitney Robinson, Will Hindmarch, Jason Feldstein, Joddie Gray, James Lowder P …

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  • 123Dob-dob — Moines policiers dob dobs lors des festivités du Losar en 1939 à Lhassa Les dob dob (tibétain : ལྡོབ་ལྡོབ་ ; wylie : ldob ldob) sont des moines tibétains entraînés aux arts martiaux, qui avaient pour rôle d assurer la sécurité dans …

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  • 124play — Synonyms and related words: ALGOL, COBOL, FORTRAN, Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, abuse, accentuate, accompany, act, act a part, act as, act as foil, act out, act up, acting, action, actions, activism, activity, ad lib, affect, agree, air …

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  • 125rope — Synonyms and related words: Havana, allure, ample scope, anchor, anchor chain, anchor rode, attach, attract, ax, backropes, bag, bait, bait the hook, band, bandage, becket, beheading, belt, belvedere, bend, bind, bind up, blandish, blank check,… …

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  • 126porch climber —    1. American a thief from houses    A convenient mode of access to an upstairs window:     He was a two bit porch climber with a few small terms on him. (Chandler, 1939)    2. an illegal narcotic    I suppose from the effect it has on those who …

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  • 127weather shore — noun Etymology: weather (II) : a shore lying to the windward ships hug a weather shore to get a lee, but they give a lee shore a wide berth Gavin Douglas …

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  • 128football — /foot bawl /, n. 1. a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent s goal line and by place… …

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