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noun • English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784) • 36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973) • 17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875) | ||||
| 38% | 11 | Wearing puffy-legged underpants | ||
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| 28% | 7 | British writer and lexicographer, James | ||
noun • Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795) • a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds | ||||
Lexicographer Wearing Underpants
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7 | Word for a shoelace in Anglo-Saxon times, later a strip of leather; a flip-flop sandal; a skimpy pair of underpants; or, a horseradish root
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