76 Rhymes For PROVOCATEURS

• small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface

• someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime

• an athlete who does not play for pay

• engaged in as a pastime

• lacking professional skill or expertise

• a writer of literary works

• the proprietor of a restaurant

• a man of rank in the ancient regime

• a clay oven used in northern India and Pakistan

• a physician specializing in obstetrics

• someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)

• a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works

• a musician who plays a carillon

• A soldier equipped for rapid movement; also, any of several light infantry regiments, especially in France.

• A servant or attendant.

• A hotel messenger, especially in France.

• A hunter or huntsman.

• A dish of meat cooked in a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots and white wine.

• a man hairdresser

• A peddler of publications, especially of religious books

• a male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina

• The mechanism on a bicycle used to move the chain from one sprocket (gear) to another.

• The entire gearset on a bicycle with such a mechanism.

• Sweetness of manner: agreeableness, gentleness.

• Sweet speech: a compliment.

• A sweetener: a gift offered to sweeten another's attitude, a tip or bribe.

• A tax break provided as an inducement to sell valuable items (especially art) to public collections rather than on the open market.

• A person who writes farces, or who performs in them.

• A farcical comedian.

• One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace.

• An idler, a loafer.

• A hairdresser.

• A political rebel

• someone who masturbates by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd)

• the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

• the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct

• overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

• A person employed to work independently within a company in order to introduce innovation and to revitalize and diversify its business.

• a singer of folk songs

• a male massager

• An honorific form of address for an eminent person in France, especially under the Ancien Régime.

• (in particular) A title of the Dauphin of France.

• A man, especially a French gentleman.

• A background of many small flowers and plants, popular in tapestry of the Middle Ages in Europe.

• a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not

• a person skilled in telling anecdotes

• a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings

• A trader, particularly in furs, who worked (and explored) in the area of Canada and the northern United States from the 16th to early 19th centuries; they were often of Quebecois extraction.

• One of the claque employed to applaud at a theatre.

• strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal

• a period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art)