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  • 31Latin macaronique — (Latin: Lingua Latina Culinaria) ou latin de cuisine se réfère à la création d un expression ou jargon à l imitation de Latin qui se montre incorrecte ou macaronique. En anglais il est appelé Dog Latin. Parfois « latin macaronique »… …

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  • 32wig — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. toupée, toupet, doily (sl.), divot (sl.), rug (sl.); peruke, periwig, switch, transformation; fall; headdress. See covering, ornament. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. periwig, peruke, postiche, artificial… …

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  • 33pe|ruke — «puh ROOK», noun. a wig, especially of the kind worn by men in the 1600 s and 1700 s; periwig. ╂[< Middle French perruque (originally) head of hair, hairdress < Italian perrucca; origin uncertain. See etym. of doublet periwig. (Cf.… …

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  • 34Peruke — Per uke, n. [F. perruque, It. perrucca, parrucca, fr. L. pilus hair. Cf. {Periwig}, {Wig}, {Peel} to strip off, {Plush}, {Pile} a hair.] A wig; a periwig. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 35toupee — noun Etymology: French toupet forelock, from Old French, diminutive of top, toup, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German zopf tuft of hair more at top Date: 1728 1. a curl or lock of hair made into a topknot on a periwig or natural coiffure; …

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  • 36Special Operations Executive — The Special Operations Executive (SOE), (sometimes referred to as the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmes fictional group of helpers) was a British World War II organisation. It was initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July …

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  • 37Kenneth Branagh — Infobox actor name = Kenneth Branagh imagesize = birthname = Kenneth Charles Branagh birthdate = birth date and age|1960|12|10|df=y birthplace = Belfast, Northern Ireland deathdate = deathplace = occupation = actor, director spouse = Lindsey… …

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  • 38The Broken Jug — First edition 1811 The Broken Jug (also sometimes translated The Broken Pitcher) (German: Der zerbrochne Krug) is a comedy written by the German playwright Heinrich von Kleist.[1] Kleist first conc …

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  • 39Economic History of the Netherlands (1500 - 1815) — The Economic History of the Netherlands (1500 1815), is the history of an economy that some consider to be the first modern economy, continuously existing to this day. It covers the period from the time in which the geographic area currently… …

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  • 40SOE en Allemagne — Article principal : Special Operations Executive. Le Special Operations Executive (« Direction des opérations spéciales ») est un service secret britannique qui opéra pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale dans tous les pays en guerre …

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