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  • 1acquired taste — noun a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience martinis are an acquired taste • Hypernyms: ↑preference, ↑penchant, ↑predilection, ↑taste * * * noun : someone or something that is not easily or immediately liked or… …

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  • 2acquired character — Genetics. a noninheritable character that results from certain environmental influences. [1875 80] * * * acquired behaviour or acquired character noun Behaviour or character originating in the adaptation of an organism to its environment, not… …

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  • 3acquired taste — /əˌkwaɪəd ˈteɪst/ (say uh.kwuyuhd tayst) noun 1. an unusual liking acquired through experience. 2. the thing so liked …

  • 4acquired taste — a thing that one learns to like over time. → acquire …

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  • 5Man-Thing — For the film, see Man Thing (film). Man Thing Man Thing #1 (Jan. 1974). Cover art by Frank Brunner. Publication information …

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  • 6Swamp Thing (video game) — Infobox VG| title = Swamp Thing caption= Swamp Thing title screen (NES version) developer = Imagineering publisher = THQ designer=Barry Marx (NES) Dan Kitchen (NES) David Lubar (NES) Christian Dana Perry (GB) Curtis Norris (GB) Timothy H. Mensch… …

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  • 7The Thing About Jane Spring — Infobox Book name = The Thing About Jane Spring image caption = author = Sharon Krum illustrator = cover artist = country = language = English genre = Romantic comedy publisher = Century (UK) Viking Press (US) pub date = July 7, 2005 media type …

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  • 8(an) acquired taste — an acquired ˈtaste idiom a thing that you do not like much at first but gradually learn to like • Abstract art is an acquired taste. Main entry: ↑acquireidiom …

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  • 9To do the handsome thing — Handsome Hand some (h[a^]n s[u^]m; 277), a. [Compar. {Handsomer} ( [ e]r); superl. {Handsomest}.] [Hand + some. It at first meant, dexterous; cf. D. handzaam dexterous, ready, limber, manageable, and E. handy.] 1. Dexterous; skillful; handy;… …

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  • 10Clarendon Entertainment — is a New York City based film production and distribution company that specializes in films and documentaries with subject matter of interest to African American audiences. Founded in 1998 by media entrepreneur Rodney Parnther and award winning… …

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