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AUSTERE
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a skilled player, esp. at pool or billiards, who cheats other players by pretending to be an average player and then challenging them to play for money
Jack in is slang for to abandon or leave an attempt or enterprise.
Sufficiency, competency.
A term for oral copulation on either a male or female or foreplay; sex without sex.Â
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Keen is American and Canadian slang for very good.
Good Luck And Well Done
n. short for Newport cigarette. "DD is a nicotine fiend. He was smoking potes since he was 5!"Â
Amateur night is American slang for a special occasion celebrated traditionally by drinking liquor. Amateur night is American slang for an exhibition of more than usual ineptitude.
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Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant.
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Sour; rough; austere.
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[OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. Ã152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves.
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Austere or stiff, like scholastics.
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A tree of the genus Mespilus (M. Germanica); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bony endocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay.
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A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086.
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Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.
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One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
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A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis.
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Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree.
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Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.
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Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.
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Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine.
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A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry.
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In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.
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Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons.
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Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person.
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One of a sect or school of philosophers founded by Antisthenes, and of whom Diogenes was a disciple. The first Cynics were noted for austere lives and their scorn for social customs and current philosophical opinions. Hence the term Cynic symbolized, in the popular judgment, moroseness, and contempt for the views of others.
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