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  • 21jar — Synonyms and related words: Babel, Discordia, Eris, agitate, agitation, agree to disagree, bag, barrel, basket, be at cross purposes, be at variance, belch, blare, blat, bob, bobble, bottle, bounce, bowl down, bowl over, box, box up, bray, break …

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  • 22jar —    a drink of an intoxicant    Usually beer, from the container in which it may come:     Have you been drinking? A jar or two, I admitted. (Lyall, 1975)    If you are said to enjoy ajar, the implication is that you are a drunkard …

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  • 23jar — jar1 noun 1》 a wide mouthed cylindrical container made of glass or pottery. 2》 Brit. informal a glass of beer. Origin C16: from Fr. jarre, from Arab. jarra. jar2 verb (jars, jarring, jarred) 1》 send a painful or uncomfortable shock through (a… …

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  • 24jar —    a traditional unit of electric capacitance, approximately equal to the capacitance of one of the Leiden jars used in electrical experiments as long ago as the eighteenth century. Benjamin Franklin is said to have measured the storage power of… …

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  • 25jar — I. v. n. 1. Vibrate harshly. 2. Clash, interfere. 3. Wrangle, contend, quarrel, bicker, spat, spar, jangle, squabble, tiff, have words, have an altercation. II. v. a. Shake, agitate, jolt. III. n. 1. Shake, agitation, jolt …

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  • 26jar — dÊ’É‘r /dʒɑː n. pitcher, vase; strident sound; shake, jolt; argument, quarrel v. make a discordant sound; rattle, shake; cause to vibrate; have an irritating or unpleasant effect …

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  • 27jar — A container, usually earthenware. A shock. The technical name for a tool used by oil well drillers to dislodge objects which have become fastened in a well. Raymond v Wickersham, 27 Cost & Pat App 1079, 110 F2d 863 …

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  • 28Cookie Jar Group — Cookie Jar redirects here. For other uses, see Cookie Jar (disambiguation). Cookie Jar Group Type Private Industry Distribution and production …

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  • 29Mason jar — filled with jam A Mason jar is a glass jar used in canning to preserve food. They were invented and patented by John Landis Mason, a Philadelphia tinsmith[1] in 1858.[2] T …

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  • 30Cookie jar — This article is about a jar that holds cookies. For other uses, see Cookie jar (disambiguation). Cookie jars are utilitarian or decorative ceramic or glass jars often found in American and Canadian kitchens. In the United Kingdom, they are known… …

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