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  • 21Spitting Feathers — Infobox Album Name = Spitting Feathers Type = EP Longtype = of b sides Artist = Thom Yorke Released = November 22, 2006 Recorded = Genre = Art rock Electronic music Length = 21:26 Label = WEA WPCB10015 Producer = Nigel Godrich Reviews = Last… …

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  • 22spitting image — noun a perfect likeness or counterpart • Hypernyms: ↑likeness, ↑alikeness, ↑similitude * * * noun, pl ⋯ ages [count] : someone who looks very much like someone else usually singular She is the spitting image of her mother. * * * ˌspitting ˈimage… …

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  • 23spitting image —    If a person is the spitting image of somebody, they look exactly alike.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If one person is the spitting image of another, they look exactly like each other.     Sarah is the spitting image of her mother …

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  • 24spitting image — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms spitting image : singular spitting image plural spitting images informal someone who looks exactly like another person …

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  • 25spitting —    Though real or pretended spitting for luck or to repel *witchcraft and the *evil eye is an ancient device, concern for hygiene and good manners makes it rare now. However, there are many references to people spitting on a *coin for luck,… …

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  • 26spitting image — {n.} or[spit and image] {informal} An exact likeness; a duplicate. * /John is the spitting image of his grandfather./ * /That vase is the spitting image of one I wanted to buy in Boston./ Compare: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON …

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  • 27spitting image — {n.} or[spit and image] {informal} An exact likeness; a duplicate. * /John is the spitting image of his grandfather./ * /That vase is the spitting image of one I wanted to buy in Boston./ Compare: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON …

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  • 28spitting spider — ▪ arachnid       any member of the family Scytodidae (order Araneida). Most species have six pearly white eyes rather than the usual eight. Spitting spiders ensnare their prey by spitting a mucilaginous saliva. They are most common in shady spots …

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  • 29spitting in the wind —    If you spend time trying to do something that is impossible to achieve, you are said to be spitting in the wind.     You ll never make him change his mind. You re just spitting in the wind …

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  • 30spitting feathers — Adj. 1. Thirsty. E.g. Let s stop at the next cafe, I m spitting feathers. 2. Frantic, fretful, agitated. E.g. She was spitting feathers after those kids smashed her front window …

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