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  • 71Fair — This interesting and unusual name is a variant of Fair which is a personal name of pre 8th Century Anglo Saxon origin which does mean what it says, the fair or beautiful one . It derives from the Old German Faeger and was equally popular in its… …

    Surnames reference

  • 72Fair — Used as intensive prefix to many words and phrases, e.g. Fair dinkum exclamation emphasising the truth of an earlier statement; Fair crack or Fair go an appeal for justice …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 73fair — I Australian Slang Used as intensive prefix to many words and phrases, e.g. Fair dinkum exclamation emphasising the truth of an earlier statement; Fair crack or Fair go an appeal for justice II Cleveland Dialect List to become good weather again …

    English dialects glossary

  • 74FAIR — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index fair noun fairness adjective even1, fair, neutral, sportsmanlike adverb fair unfair noun favor adjective …

    English dictionary for students

  • 75Fair — Market held at regular intervals, usually once to twice a year. Fairs tended to offer a wider range of goods than normal markets. They were generally licensed by either the King, a local lord, or a chartered town, hence the Charter Fairs still… …

    Medieval glossary

  • 76fair — See: BID FAIR, PLAY FAIR …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 77fair — See: BID FAIR, PLAY FAIR …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 78fair go — 1. interjection Used to persuade someone to act with more fairness or reason. Fair go mum! Let me go to the party tonight! 2. noun A reasonable opportunity to attempt something …

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  • 79fair — English has two distinct words fair, one Germanic and the other Romance. The older, meaning ‘beautiful’ [OE], comes from a prehistoric Germanic *fagraz, which survives also in Swedish fager ‘beautiful’. It derived from a base *fag , which seems… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 80fair — See: bid fair, play fair …

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