anguine |
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resembling or relating to snakes.
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anguilliform |
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eel-shaped.
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grig |
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a grasshopper or cricket; a young eel; a
lively person.
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sniggle |
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to fish for eels with a baited hook.
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spitchcock |
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a eel: halved, cut up, and broiled or fried.
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ort |
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an uneaten piece of food. (usu. pl.)
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flummery |
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boiled oatmeal or flour; a type of fruit
custard; any of various dishes made with
flour, milk, eggs, etc.; foolishness.
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duff |
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a boiled or steamed flour pudding. [var. of |dough|]
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duff |
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decomposing organic matter on the forest floor.
[fig. use of |duff|]
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duff |
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(slang) the buttocks. [fig. use of |duff|]
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prove |
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(of dough) to rise.
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burgoo |
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thick oatmeal, soup, or stew.
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brawn |
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boar's meat, esp. boiled and pickled.
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fress |
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v.i. to eat, esp. heavily.
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shaddock |
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an Oriental citrus fruit. also |forbidden fruit|.
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saloop |
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a hot drink of milk, sugar, and salep or sassafras.
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salep |
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the dried tubers of certain orchids.
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soja |
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soybean.
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prairie oyster |
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a raw egg or its yolk, seasoned with salt,
pepper, Worcestershire sauce, etc., and taken
as a hangover remedy; a mountain oyster.
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