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  • 111financier — [n] person who lends money, advises backer, banker, bankroller, broker, businessperson, capitalist, entrepreneur, fat cat*, grubstaker*, manipulator*, merchant, money, moneybags*, money lender, operator*, person who writes the checks*, rich… …

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  • 112Lombard — Lom bard, prop. n. [F. lombard, fr. the Longobardi or Langobardi, i. e., Longbeards, a people of Northern Germany, west of the Elbe, and afterward in Northern Italy. See {Long}, and {Beard}, and cf. {Lumber}.] 1. A native or inhabitant of… …

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  • 113Lombard Street — Lombard Lom bard, prop. n. [F. lombard, fr. the Longobardi or Langobardi, i. e., Longbeards, a people of Northern Germany, west of the Elbe, and afterward in Northern Italy. See {Long}, and {Beard}, and cf. {Lumber}.] 1. A native or inhabitant of …

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  • 114moneylender — n. someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest. Syn: usurer, loan shark, shark, money lender. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 115Tiger! Tiger! (Rudyard Kipling) — Tiger! Tiger! : logo and illustration by Will H. Drake, St. Nicholas Magazine, February 1894. Tiger! Tiger! is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. A direct sequel to Mowgli s Brothers , it was published in magazines in 1893–94 before appearing as… …

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  • 116The Miserly Knight — also The Covetous Knight , ( ru. Скупой рыцарь, Skupóy rïtsár ) is a Russian opera in one act with music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, with the libretto based on the drama of Alexander Pushkin. The composer decided essentially to set the Pushkin text …

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  • 117Stockbridge, Edinburgh — Stockbridge is an area of Edinburgh, located towards the north of the city, bounded by the New Town and by Comely Bank. The name is Scots stock brig from Anglic stocc brycg , meaning a timber bridge, in particular, a footbridge. Originally a… …

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  • 118Mohammad, Messenger of God — The Message The Message promotional film poster Directed by Moustapha Akkad Produced by Mo …

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  • 119Alfred Mynn — Infobox cricketer biography playername = Alfred Mynn country = England fullname = Alfred Mynn nickname = Lion of Kent dayofbirth = 19 monthofbirth = 1 yearofbirth = 1807 placeofbirth = Goudhurst, Kent countryofbirth = England dayofdeath = 1… …

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