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1. brannigan<\/strong> \u2014 drinking bout; brawl<\/p>\n

We’ve had no trouble to speak of since you left for back east, a <\/em>brannigan or two but nothing me and Deputy Fievel couldn’t handle, so don’t worry about hurrying home.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. frighten the horses<\/strong> \u2014 [idiom<\/em>] to upset public standards, to cause moral alarm<\/p>\n

“Now I don’t want to <\/em>frighten the horses, but the issue of teenage pregnancy cannot stop merely at demands for complete abstinence.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. billhook<\/strong> \u2014 sharp bladed hand tool with hook at end<\/p>\n

Jemmy found that a <\/em>billhook was more effective than a machete for clearing this type of underbrush and breaking trail.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. tocology<\/strong> \u2014 study of childbirth<\/p>\n

At the time, of course, midwifery was thought best left to the distaff half, and in some quarters <\/em>tocology seemed hardly worthy of any medical student with serious intent.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. plaice<\/strong> \u2014 type of flounder fish<\/p>\n

“Surely you cannot think that you’re the first entrepreneur to think of naming a fish shop ‘The <\/em>Plaice For Chips’?”<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. metope<\/strong> \u2014 [architecture<\/em>] panel between triglyphs in a Doric frieze (as one does)<\/p>\n

Most of the frieze was severely damaged, and only by perhaps risky conjecture could the two stone torsos still remaining on the central <\/em>metope give evidence that this site was hallowed by the Bull cult, as Braithewaite has argued.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. fruitive<\/strong> \u2014 fruitful; enjoying, possessing<\/p>\n

The Bishop of Halstead argued against Mill’s stance that man was not <\/em>fruitive and active by turns, but rather in conjunction, simultaneously and by nature.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. orgeat<\/strong> \u2014 syrup made from almond paste mixed with rosewater or orange water; similar syrup made from barley<\/p>\n

Dr. Rowenthal found that an <\/em>orgeat made from pumpkin seeds, combined with ether rubbed upon the sufferer’s belly, was a sovereign cure for tapeworm.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. purulent<\/strong> \u2014 made of, filled with, or discharging pus<\/p>\n

This new variety of the disease presented as a rubicund rash upon the back and legs which quickly turned into <\/em>purulent sores.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. apolaustic<\/strong> \u2014 dedicated to pleasure or enjoyment<\/p>\n

Only the richest sovereigns (or perhaps the most depraved hedonist) can truly pursue an <\/em>apolaustic lifestyle.<\/em><\/p>\n

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11. planxty<\/strong> \u2014 solemn yet convivial Irish air for the harp<\/p>\n

Though it is true that a <\/em>planxty can be a mournful tune, you will not hear it at a funeral\u2014though you may at the wake that follows.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(industrial motion studies)<\/p>\n

therblig<\/strong> \u2014 basic unit of motion used by manual workers (according to system created by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, American industrial psychologists)<\/p>\n

Though the system of eighteen <\/em>therbligs was merely an extension of the robotizing Taylorite micromanaging of industrial workers so beloved by those in the front office, and still has its place in some Six Sigma training programs, no similar system has ever been developed for the supposed work done by ‘management’\u2014only the ‘Plan’ <\/em>therblig might apply\u2014, so perhaps a system might be created, with such new ‘thinkbligs’ as Ponder, Daydream, Meet, Ratiocinate, and PowerPoint.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. brannigan \u2014 drinking bout; brawl We’ve had no trouble to speak of since you left for back east, a brannigan or two but nothing me and Deputy Fievel couldn’t handle, so don’t worry about hurrying home.   2. frighten the horses \u2014 [idiom] to upset public standards, to cause moral alarm “Now I don’t … <\/p>\n

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