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importunate

persistent or demanding; insistent

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brae

a hill or hillside; slope

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eudemonia

happiness, esp (in the philosophy of Aristotle) that resulting from a rational active life

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lumpenproletariat

(esp in Marxist theory) the amorphous urban social group below the proletariat, consisting of criminals, tramps, etc

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schipperke

a small Dutch breed of tailless dog with a foxy head, pricked ears, and usually a black coat

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niblick

(formerly) a club, a no. 9 iron, giving a great deal of lift

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imprimis

in the first place

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