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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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zeugma

a figure of speech in which a word is used to modify or govern two or more words although appropriate to only one of them or making a different sense with each, as in the sentenceMr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave(Charles Dickens)

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parterre

a formally patterned flower garden

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