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  • 111Frank (comics) — Frank Frank, from the cover of Frank in the River (Fantagraphics, 1992) Publication information Publisher Fantagraphics Books Tundra Publishing …

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  • 112Weald and Downland Open Air Museum — The museum covers convert|50|acre|ha, with nearly 50 historic buildings dating from the thirteenth to nineteenth centuries, along with gardens, farm animals, walks and a lake.The buildings at the museum were all threatened with destruction. They… …

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  • 113Allen Curnow — Thomas Allen Munro Curnow ONZ CBE (June 17, 1911 – September 23, 2001) was a New Zealand poet and journalist. [ [http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/curnowa.html CURNOW, Allen ] ] Curnow was born in Timaru and educated at Christchurch Boys High …

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  • 114caprice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fancy, humor (See changeableness). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. whim, vagary, notion, fancy, impulse, eccentricity, crotchet, quirk, freak, whimsy, humor, maggot, megrim, capriciousness, fancifulness,… …

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  • 115caprice — [kə prēs′] n. [Fr < It capriccio, a shivering, whim < capo (< L caput, HEAD) + riccio, curl, frizzled, lit., hedgehog (< L ericius: see URCHIN); hence, orig., head with bristling hair, horripilation; meaning infl. by assoc. with It… …

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  • 116Whimsey — Whim sey, Whimsy Whimsy, n.; pl. {Whimseys}or {Whimsies}. [See {Whim}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. The whimsies of poets and painters. Ray. [1913 Webster] Men s folly, whimsies, and… …

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  • 117Whimseys — Whimsey Whim sey, Whimsy Whimsy, n.; pl. {Whimseys}or {Whimsies}. [See {Whim}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. The whimsies of poets and painters. Ray. [1913 Webster] Men s folly, whimsies, and… …

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  • 118Whimsies — Whimsey Whim sey, Whimsy Whimsy, n.; pl. {Whimseys}or {Whimsies}. [See {Whim}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. The whimsies of poets and painters. Ray. [1913 Webster] Men s folly, whimsies, and… …

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  • 119Whimsy — Whimsey Whim sey, Whimsy Whimsy, n.; pl. {Whimseys}or {Whimsies}. [See {Whim}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. The whimsies of poets and painters. Ray. [1913 Webster] Men s folly, whimsies, and… …

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  • 120Birdcatcher — (1833 1860), or Irish Birdcatcher, was a Thoroughbred racehorse.Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Birdcatcher caption = Birdcatcher with jockey (1858) sire = Sir Hercules grandsire = Whalebone dam = Guiccioli damsire = Bob Booty sex =… …

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