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97%4Exact Match!
noun

• English essayist (1775-1834)

96%4Exact Match!
noun

• young sheep

• English essayist (1775-1834)

• a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)

• a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)

• the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food

verb

• give birth to a lamb

90%6 Ancient writer
noun

• informal terms for journalists

• French playwright (1791-1861)

• someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts

• a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut

verb

• score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking

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New York Times22 Mar 1981 Down 51
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