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The Ugly Ducking Creator

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noun

• a Danish author remembered for his fairy stories (1805-1875)

33%5Ducking-stool victim
noun

• someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault

verb

• censure severely or angrily

• show one's unhappiness or critical attitude

33%6 A rider of a high-speed sleigh; a participant in apple ducking; or, a fishing float, of cork traditionally
noun

• a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line

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