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61Waggeries — Waggery Wag ger*y ( g[ e]r*[y^]), n.; pl. {Waggeries}. [From {Wag}.] The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy. Locke. [1913… …
62Waggery — Wag ger*y ( g[ e]r*[y^]), n.; pl. {Waggeries}. [From {Wag}.] The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy. Locke. [1913 Webster] A… …
63waggery — noun (plural geries) Date: 1594 1. mischievous merriment ; pleasantry 2. jest; especially practical joke …
64sport — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, to divert, disport, short for disporten Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. a. to amuse oneself ; frolic < lambs sporting in the meadow > b. to engage in a sport …
65John Bull — [ World War I recruiting poster] [ Entente cordiale: John Bull stalking off with Marianne, turning his back on Germany.] John Bull is a national personification of the United Kingdom in general and England in particular, originating in the… …
66Shangri-La — is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton. In the book, Shangri La is a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. Shangri La …
67Andrei Gromyko — Gromyko redirects here. For various fictional Russian associates of Dr. Yuri Zhivago, see Gromeko family. Andrei Gromyko Gromyko at the Glassboro Summit Conference, 23 June 1967 Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet …
68Thomas Hope (1769–1831) — Henry Thomas Hope (30 August 1769 ndash; 3 February 1830/1831), was a British author, philosopher and art collector, best known for his novel Anastasius, a work which many experts considered a rival to the writings of Lord Byron.The eldest son of …
69List of characters from The Sopranos — The characters from the HBO series, The Sopranos that are friends or family of the Sopranos. Contents 1 Soprano family blood relations 1.1 Domenica Nica Baccalieri 1.2 Anthony Tony B. Blundetto …
70The Theory of Moral Sentiments — was written by Adam Smith in 1759. It provided the ethical, philosophical, psychological and methodological underpinnings to Smith s later works, including The Wealth of Nations (1776), A Treatise on Public Opulence (1764) (first published in… …
