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  • 31High Cotton — The collection of short fiction by Joe R. Lansdale which is the most readily available, initially published in 2000. In his introduction, he cites it as the Best of Lansdale . This collection, along with its companion piece Bumper Crop , is the… …

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  • 32(a) nasty piece of work — Noun. An unpleasant and devious person. Derog. E.g. Don t lend that Nick Cotton any money, he s a nasty piece of work, and you ll never get it back …

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  • 33(a) nasty piece of work — Noun. An unpleasant and devious person. Derog. E.g. Don t lend that Nick Cotton any money, he s a nasty piece of work, and you ll never get it back …

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  • 34Nantong blue calico — printing and dyeing has been practiced for centuries in most parts of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, China. At the beginning of Qing dynasty people began to produce blue calico. In modern times,blue calico is used to make the daily clothes,… …

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  • 35Ittar — or Attar or itr is a natural perfumes extracted from the juices of flowers like the jasmine, rose or sandal, herbs, spices, barks in to base oil such as Sandalwood oil. Sandalwood oil is used as base in making Attar while western perfumes, are… …

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  • 36In Real Life — Format Reality Competition Created by Jonathan Finkelstein Country of origin  Canada …

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  • 37Dyeing — This article is about the process of coloring using dyes. For dying and the end of life, see death. Pigments for sale at a market in Goa, India …

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  • 38sheet — shēt n 1) a broad piece of cloth esp an oblong of usu. cotton or linen cloth used as an article of bedding 2) a portion of something that is thin in comparison to its length and breadth <a sheet of connective tissue> * * * (shēt) 1. a… …

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  • 39thread — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 piece of cotton, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ strong ▪ delicate (usually figurative), fine, fragile (usually figurative), thin ▪ Our lives hang by a fragil …

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  • 40swab — swab1 [ swab ] noun count 1. ) a short narrow stick with a piece of cotton on the end, often used by doctors or nurses a ) a small amount of a substance that has been removed from someone s body with a swab 2. ) a small piece of cotton or other… …

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