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  • 71string bean — noun a) A long, slender variety of green bean. Well, I rung the fallout shelter bell nbsp;/ And I leaned my head and I gave a yell nbsp;/ “Give me a string bean, I’m a hungry man” nbsp;/ A shotgun fired and away I ran b) A tall and thin person …

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  • 72long slip — Slip Slip, n. [AS. slipe, slip.] 1. The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice. [1913 Webster] 2. An unintentional error or fault; a false step. [1913 Webster] This good man s slip mended his pace to martyrdom. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 3. A twig… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 73string out — {v.} To make (something) extend over a great distance or a long stretch of time. * /The telephone poles were strung out along the road as far as we could see./ * /Mary and Ann did not have much to say but they did not want to go home. They strung …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 74string out — {v.} To make (something) extend over a great distance or a long stretch of time. * /The telephone poles were strung out along the road as far as we could see./ * /Mary and Ann did not have much to say but they did not want to go home. They strung …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 75string\ out — v To make (smth) extend over a great distance or a long stretch of time. The telephone poles were strung out along the road as far as we could see. Mary and Ann did not have much to say but they did not want to go home. they strung out their… …

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  • 76long-distance runners —    Britain has had a long and successful record of distance running, but the 1990s have seen poorer results, at least for the men, with the result that there have been calls for more financial backing. There remain a number of women who are… …

    Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

  • 77string reef — (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) Oysters crowded into a long, narrow accumulation …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 78string bog —    A peatland with roughly parallel, narrow ridges of peat dominated by peat vegetation interspersed with slight depressions, many of which contain shallow pools. The ridges are at right angles to low (< 2°) slopes.    They are typically 1 to… …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 79string out — v. draw out; extend; prolong; spread out, stretch in a line or series (as houses in a long row) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 80string out — make something extend over a great distance or over a long period of time The games of the soccer tournament were strung out over a period of about 3 weeks …

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