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  • 81stove — 1 noun (C) 1 a thing used for heating a room or for cooking, which works by burning wood, coal, oil or gas: a wood burning stove | a camp stove compare cooker (1) 2 AmE the top of a cooker 2 verb the past tense and past participle of stave 2 …

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  • 82stove-up — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from past participle of stave up, v. : suffering physical discomfort caused by injury, illness, exercise, or overwork : battered, worn out horses … too old and stove up for saddle work F.B.Gipson several o …

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  • 83The Stupor Salesman — Infobox Hollywood cartoon cartoon name = The Stupor Salesman series = Looney Tunes/Daffy Duck caption = Title card to The Stupor Salesman director = Arthur Davis story artist = Lloyd Turner Bill Scott animator = Basil Davidovich Emery Hawkins… …

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  • 84Stove — Stave Stave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Staved} (st[=a]vd) or {Stove} (st[=o]v); p. pr. & vb. n. {Staving}.] [From {Stave}, n., or {Staff}, n.] 1. To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; often with in; as, to stave a cask;… …

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  • 85the only game in town — informal the best, the most important, or the only thing worth considering * * * the only game in town : the only available, desirable, or valuable thing For serious home cooks, this stove is the only game in town. [=it is the only stove that… …

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  • 86stove — stove1 [ stouv ] noun count ** a machine or a piece of equipment that provides heat for cooking or heating a room stove stove 2 [ stouv ] the past tense and past participle of stave1 …

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  • 87stove — stove1 noun 1》 an apparatus for cooking or heating that operates by burning fuel or using electricity. 2》 Brit. a hothouse for plants. verb 1》 heat (an object) in a stove so as to apply a desired coating. 2》 Brit. force or raise (plants) in a… …

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  • 88stove — verb: to smash. I stove the car up last night after I left the bar …

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  • 89stove — verb: to smash. I stove the car up last night after I left the bar …

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  • 90stove·top — /ˈstoʊvˌtɑːp/ noun, pl tops [count] US : the top of a stove compare ↑cooktop …

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