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1. pooka<\/strong> (also pookah<\/strong>) \u2014 malevolent spirit in Irish folklore, often taking the shape of a rabbit or horse or other animal <\/p>\n

Sure and now he’s a Rationalist and a deep thinker, he is, but I remember him storming through that door there, wailing that he’d been chased all the way to the pub by a <\/em>pooka!<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. davenport<\/strong> \u2014 large sofa, often a sofa bed<\/p>\n

Chuck moved from behind his desk and threw himself across the <\/em>davenport as he sighed a long and exasperated sigh.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. jejune<\/strong> (also jejeune<\/strong>) \u2014 boring, uninteresting; lacking content or matter or nutritive substance; immature, juvenile<\/p>\n

For our ‘entertainment’ we were forced to sit through a <\/em>jejune puppet play performed by the family children, whose pretty voices could not hide the banality of the offering which was, if anything, less interesting than a session on the rack or being forced to look at vacation photos.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. dace<\/strong> \u2014 small freshwater fish similar to roach or chub <\/p>\n

Fishing for <\/em>dace can be quite a challenge, as they reject most tied flies, and more success may be found with bacon or other meat.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. squelch<\/strong> \u2014 to suppress, to put down; to make a sucking sound as of feet attempting to pull themselves from mud<\/p>\n

You may protest all you like that this paper has <\/em>squelched your views by refusing to publish your letter to the editor, but in point of fact you stand in the office of a podiatrist.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. squabash<\/strong> \u2014 [Scots<\/em>] to crush, to squash<\/p>\n

Last night’s tempest left the hunter’s hut utterly <\/em>squabashed.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. rector<\/strong> \u2014 clergyman with charge of a parish in Episcopal Church; priest in charge of college or seminary or similar in Roman Catholic Church; parish priest with full rights to the tithes of the parish in Anglican Church<\/p>\n

He was a beloved figure, often seen on his long walks for exercise marching across the fields of the county, but the women of the church knew that the real secret of his success was the tireless work of the <\/em>rector‘s wife.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. gumption<\/strong> \u2014 initiative; guts<\/p>\n

It took a lot of <\/em>gumption to request a job interview right after t-boning the industrialist’s Town Car.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. hustings<\/strong> \u2014 place where political candidates make speeches; political campaigning<\/p>\n

He was a charming wonder on the <\/em>hustings, and a complete disaster in the legislature.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. lagniappe<\/strong> \u2014 small bonus, unexpected trifling gift; extra present given with a purchase by the storeowner<\/p>\n

He threw in a few free donut holes as a <\/em>lagniappe.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. pooka (also pookah) \u2014 malevolent spirit in Irish folklore, often taking the shape of a rabbit or horse or other animal Sure and now he’s a Rationalist and a deep thinker, he is, but I remember him storming through that door there, wailing that he’d been chased all the way to the pub by … <\/p>\n

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