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  • 61screw — screw1 [skru:] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: escroe inner screw, nut , from Latin scrofa female pig ] 1.) a thin pointed piece of metal that you push and turn in order to fasten pieces of metal or wood together →↑nail ▪ Fix the frame… …

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  • 62loose — I UK [luːs] / US [lus] adjective Word forms loose : adjective loose comparative looser superlative loosest ** 1) not firmly fixed in position loose floorboards a loose tooth work/come loose (= become loose): One of the screws had worked loose. a) …

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  • 63screw loose —    If someone has a screw loose, they are crazy.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If someone has a screw loose, their behaviour is strange and they appear slightly mad.     She wears a fur coat in the summer she must have a screw loose! …

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  • 64screw — 1 noun 1 (C) a thin pointed piece of metal that you push and turn in order to fasten pieces of metal or wood together: Tighten the screws on the plug. 2 (C) slang taboo an act of having sex 3 have a screw loose informal often humorous to be… …

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  • 65screw — n. & v. n. 1 a thin cylinder or cone with a spiral ridge or thread running round the outside (male screw) or the inside (female screw). 2 (in full wood screw) a metal male screw with a slotted head and a sharp point for fastening things, esp. in… …

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  • 66The Pretenders — Infobox musical artist | Name = Pretenders Img capt = The Pretenders perform in Dubai, February 2007 Img size = 250 Landscape = Yes Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Hereford, England Genre = Rock, New Wave, punk rock Years active =… …

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  • 67screw — {{11}}screw (n.) c.1400, from M.Fr. escroue nut, cylindrical socket, screwhole, of uncertain etymology; not found in other Romanic languages. Perhaps via Gallo Romance *scroba or W.Gmc. *scruva from V.L. scrobis screw head groove, in classical… …

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  • 68screw — [[t]skru[/t]] n. 1) a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, as with a screwdriver 2) a threaded cylindrical rod, with a head at one end, that engages …

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  • 69screw — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ wood ▪ loose VERB + SCREW ▪ turn ▪ loosen, tighten ▪ …

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  • 70The Freed Weed — Infobox Album Name = The Freed Weed Type = Album Artist = Sebadoh Released = 1990 Recorded = 1981 1988 Genre = Indie Length = 72:19 Label = Homestead Producer = none Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg… …

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