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21John Z. Robinson — (born May 25, 1953 in Foxton, New Zealand) is a New Zealand artist and jeweller. For the past 29 years he has lived in Dunedin, New Zealand.Robinson completed a manufacturing jewellery apprenticeship with Max Wilson in Palmerston North in 1973.… …
22Nathan Haskell Dole — (August 31, 1852 – May 9, 1935) was an American editor, translator, and author. He attended Phillips Academy, Andover, and graduated from Harvard University in 1874. He was a writer and journalist in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. He… …
23Cock tease — (sometimes cock tease or cocktease) is derisive sexual slang used to describe a woman who acts in a sexual manner to seduce men without actually fulfilling the sexual actions. The term has been in use in Great Britain and the United States since… …
24Computational humor — is a branch of computational linguistics and artificial intelligence which uses computers in humor research. It is not to be confused with computer humor (i.e., jokes about computers, programmers, users, and computing). It is a relatively new… …
25Haida Argillite Carvings — came into existence during the 1800s. These carvings were mostly born out of the Haida desire to trade with the European explorers who came to their shores. Argillite carvings, therefore, are commonly seen as a tourist art because they were… …
26heraldry — heraldist, n. /her euhl dree/, n., pl. heraldries. 1. the science of armorial bearings. 2. the art of blazoning armorial bearings, of settling the rights of persons to bear arms or to use certain bearings, of tracing and recording genealogies, of …
27caricature and cartoon — ▪ graphic arts Introduction in graphic art, comically distorted drawing or likeness, done with the purpose of satirizing or ridiculing its subject. Cartoons are used today primarily for conveying political commentary and editorial opinion… …
28SHAKESPEARE (W.) — Il serait passionnant de tracer la courbe de la réputation de Shakespeare, car aucune œuvre, la Bible mise à part, n’a suscité autant de commentaires, sollicité autant de chercheurs, donné lieu à autant de controverses. Mais le consensus sur la… …
29cockchafer — 1. a treadmill The flesh was rubbed raw by the coarse cloth used in prison garments. Punning on the Maybug, or Melolontha vulgaris: He expiated , as it is called, this offence by three months exercise on the cockchafer (treadmill).… …
30rag(s) on — menstruating Usually had or got: That stupid little cunt... is refusing to work because she s got the rags on. (B. Forbes, 1989 she was an actress, not a prostitute) Rag week, punning on the university fundraising occasion, and… …
