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1New Soviet man — A red worker tramples Capital , releasing the forces of industry for the workers benefit. The New Soviet man or New Soviet person (Russian: новый советский человек novy sovetsky chelovek), as postulated by the ideologists of the Communist Party… …
2Poor man's treacle — Poor Poor, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure.… …
3Poor man's weatherglass — Poor Poor, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure.… …
4The Man Who Killed Batman — Infobox Television episode Title = The Man Who Killed Batman Series = Caption = Season = 1 Episode = 52 Airdate = February 1, 1993 Production = Writer = Paul Dini Director = Bruce W. Timm Guests = Episode list = Prev = Off Balance Next = The Man… …
5Good humor man — Good Good, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS. g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth …
6gone man — goner, man as good as dead, insignificant person …
7The Feast of the Goat — infobox Book | name = The Feast of the Goat title orig = La fiesta del chivo translator = Edith Grossman image caption = The cover of a recent translation. author = Mario Vargas Llosa illustrator = cover artist = country = Peru language = Spanish …
8Edward Craigie — Edward John Craigie (5 September 1871 17 January 1966) was a Single Tax League member of the South Australian House of Assembly.Born and raised in Moonta, South Australia, the son of Scottish parents, Craigie left school aged 11, initially… …
9Gogol, Nikolay — ▪ Russian writer Introduction born March 19 [March 31, New Style], 1809, Sorochintsy, near Poltava, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now in Ukraine] died Feb. 21 [March 4], 1852, Moscow, Russia Ukrainian born Russian humorist, dramatist, and… …
10scrub — Formerly used of a mean and insignificant man, the allusion being to ‘scrub’ in its sense of a stunted tree. Smollett’s Peregrine Pickle has a girl calling a man ‘you old flinty faced, flea bitten scrub’ …
