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• (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
Example sentence • The children were scared of the goblins hiding in the dark forest.
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• a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing
Example sentence • I spilled some coffee, could you get me a few napkins ?
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Example sentence • I have a set of ceramic pipkins in my kitchen.
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• a ribbed fabric used in clothing and upholstery
Example sentence • The fashion designer used poplins for a summer collection.
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• United States educator and theologian (1802-1887)
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• tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice
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• United States choreographer who brought human emotion to classical ballet and spirited reality to Broadway musicals (1918-1998)
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• small intestines of hogs prepared as food
Example sentence • Some people enjoy eating chitlins with hot sauce.
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• a line leading to a place or point
Example sentence • Please follow the directions on the map to reach the destination.
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Example sentence • The admins of the Facebook group are responsible for moderating content.
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• a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons
Example sentence • He stacked the firkins of butter in the corner of the room.
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• lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle
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• a tight sleeveless and collarless jacket (often made of leather) worn by men in former times
Example sentence • In the Renaissance era, jerkins were often made of velvet or brocade.
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Example sentence • I bought some delicious lumpkins at the bakery.
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• any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas
Example sentence • The purple martins returned to their nesting sites for the summer.
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• smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
Example sentence • The gibbons in the zoo were playful and energetic.
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• a child's tight-fitting cap; often ties under the chin
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• any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides
Example sentence • Exposure to dioxins can lead to serious health problems.
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• a quiet plodding workhorse
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• a mound of glacial drift
Example sentence • The landscape of this region is characterized by a series of drumlins .
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• winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion
Example sentence • The ancient Greeks believed that griffins guarded treasure.
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• British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907)
Example sentence • The kelvins scale starts at absolute zero, which is -273.15 degrees Celsius.
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• citadel of a Russian town
Example sentence • The kremlins in Moscow and Kazan are famous tourist attractions.
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• small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry
Example sentence • The merlins nested in the old oak tree.
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• any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red
Example sentence • I bought a bag of pippins from the farmers' market.
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• United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906)
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