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  • 1Puck (mythology) — Puck is a mythological fairy or mischievous nature spirit. Puck is also a generalised personification of land spirits. Whilst being an aspect of Robin Goodfellow, he is also hob and Will o the wisp. Overview The pagan trickster was reimagined in… …

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  • 2God Save the Queen — This article is about the anthem. For other uses, see God Save the Queen (disambiguation). God Save the Queen Publication of an early version in The Gentleman s Magazine, 15 October 1745. The title, on the Contents page, is given as God save our… …

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  • 3knave — [neıv] n [: Old English; Origin: cnafa boy, male servant ] 1.) BrE the playing card with a value between the ten and queen = ↑jack ▪ the knave of hearts →↑card1 (7) 2.) old fashioned a dishonest boy or man …

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  • 4Roguery — Rogu er*y, n. 1. The life of a vargant. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices. [1913 Webster] Tis no scandal grown, For debt and roguery to quit the town. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3 …

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  • 5roguery — n. 1. Knavery, rascality, villany, fraud, cheating, dishonest practices, knavish tricks, trickery, swindling. 2. Waggery, mischief, arch tricks …

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  • 6Rogue — Rogue, v. i. To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 7confound — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French confundre, from Latin confundere to pour together, confuse, from com + fundere to pour more at found Date: 14th century 1. a. archaic to bring to ruin ; …

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  • 8Pericles — Infobox Military Person name= Pericles caption= Marble portrait bust of Pericles mdash; Roman copy of an original portrait by Kresilas (British Museum, London) allegiance= Athens rank= General (Strategos) commands= nickname= lived= ca. 495 – 429… …

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  • 9Ben Pimlott — Professor Ben Pimlott (4 July, 1945 10 April 2004) was a leading historian of the post war period in Britain. He made a substantial contribution to the literary genre of political biography.Educated at Rokeby school, in Wimbledon, south west… …

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  • 10God Save The Queen — („Gott schütze die Königin!“) bzw. God Save the King („Gott schütze den König!“) ist seit Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts die Nationalhymne des Vereinigten Königreichs von Großbritannien und Nordirland, weiterhin ist sie eine der zwei Nationalhymnen… …

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