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  • 91blackjack — Synonyms and related words: Boston, Earl of Coventry, Pit, Polish bank, Russian bank, all fours, baccarat, banker, bastinado, bat, battering ram, billy, billy club, bludgeon, bluff, brag, bridge, bulldoze, bully, canasta, cane, casino, club,… …

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  • 92bridge — Synonyms and related words: A string, Amati, Bifrost, Boston, Cremona, D string, E string, Earl of Coventry, G string, L, Pit, Polish bank, R, Russian bank, Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius, Texas tower, accouple, accumulate, acting area,… …

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  • 93game — Synonyms and related words: Animalia, Boston, Byzantine intrigues, Earl of Coventry, Monopoly, Olympic games, Olympics, Ping Pong, Pit, Polish bank, Rugby, Russian bank, Scrabble, acquiescent, action, adventurous, agreeable, aim, alacritous, all… …

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  • 94trivial — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. insignificant, unimportant, trifling, picayune, paltry; mean, piddling, small, petty. See unimportance, cheapness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. petty, trifling, small, superficial, piddling, wee,… …

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  • 95unimportant — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. trifling, inconsiderable, slight, worthless, inconsequential, insignificant, unnecessary, immaterial, negligible, indifferent, unnecessary, beside the point, frivolous, useless, second rate, low ranking, of no account,… …

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  • 96Amusement — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Amusement >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 amusement amusement entertainment Sgm: N 1 diversion diversion divertissement Sgm: N 1 reaction reaction solace Sgm: N 1 pastime pastime passetemps …

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  • 97jerk —    1. American    to fail a pupil    Tugging them out of the class:     Not a single student was put up for elimination by the instructors in our school in the first class. The army had to step in and jerk them. (Deighton, 1993, writing about… …

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  • 98small-time — adjective a small time thief from New Haven Syn: minor, small scale; petty, unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential, minor league; informal penny ante, piddling, two bit, bush league, picayune Ant: major …

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  • 99trivial — adjective 1) trivial problems Syn: unimportant, banal, trite, commonplace, insignificant, inconsequential, minor, of no account, of no consequence, of no importance; incidental, inessential, nonessential, petty, trifling, trumpery …

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  • 100insignificant — adj 1. unimportant, of minor importance, of little or no import, negligible, nugatory, inconsiderable, inconsequential, of no consequence; inapplicable, irrelevant, immaterial, unessential; unportentous, unmomentous, of no matter or concern, of… …

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