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  • 121neat — adj 1. tidy, trim, orderly, well ordered, in good order, shipshape, Naut.Bristol fashion, Naut. shipshape and Bristol fashion, Chiefly Dial. tight, Chiefly Brit. trig, Inf. apple pie, Inf. neat as a pin; clean, clean cut, well groomed; spruce,… …

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  • 122every man has his price — 1734 W. WYNDHAM in Bee VIII. 97 ‘It is an old Maxim, that every Man has his Price,’ if you can but come up to it. 1798 W. COXE Memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole I. lxiv. The political axiom generally attributed to him [Walpole]..was perverted by… …

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  • 123neat — neat1 [nēt] adj. [Fr net < L nitidus, shining, elegant, smart, trim < nitere, to shine < IE base * nei , to be active, shine > MIr nīam, luster, beauty] 1. unmixed with anything; undiluted; straight: said esp. of liquor drunk without… …

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  • 124rakish — rakish1 [rāk′ish] adj. [< RAKE3 + ISH] 1. having a trim, neat appearance suggesting speed: said of a ship 2. having a smartly trim, casual look; dashing; jaunty rakishly adv. rakishness n. rakish2 [rāk′ish] …

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