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1. tripper<\/strong> \u2014 [British<\/em>] excursionist, one who goes on a trip<\/p>\n

Liz would often go into the city for the weekend, and history was made when the young <\/em>tripper met the editor of <\/em>New Moon magazine in an Edinburgh pub.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. medinal<\/strong> \u2014 sodium salt of barbital, first commercial barbiturate<\/p>\n

“Neil had made himself a rule, which he had never broken, not to take <\/em>medinal more than one night in three.”<\/em><\/p>\n

[Mary Renault]<\/p>\n

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3. cubitus<\/strong> \u2014 [biology<\/em>] one of (usu. three) major veins in insect wing; elbow; forearm<\/p>\n

This genus of parasitic wasp may be easily distinguished from that above by the near complete lack of <\/em>cubitus in the front wing.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. crowbar<\/strong> \u2014 to prevent overvoltage by creating a short circuit away from electrical components which might otherwise be damaged<\/p>\n

They were searching all day for a blown fuse, but the problem was really that they’d <\/em>crowbarred the power supply and simply needed to reset the circuit.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. servery<\/strong> \u2014 [British<\/em>] location where food is served; canteen<\/p>\n

Household staff lived in small rooms accessible only through a small portal which opened to the left side of the <\/em>servery.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. firth<\/strong> \u2014 narrow sea inlet; estuary<\/p>\n

But this water between Caithness and the Orkney Islands is not a true <\/em>firth, despite its name, but just a plain old strait.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. bugfuck<\/strong> \u2014 crazy, whackadoodle<\/p>\n

Nobody recalls now the absolutely <\/em>bugfuck wolf in sheep’s clothing attack ad, the one with the laser beam eyes, likely because nowadays it wouldn’t even stir a ripple of comment.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. local<\/strong> \u2014 [British<\/em>] neighborhood pub, habitual bar<\/p>\n

But it wasn’t the same, with all the new bright lights and the trendy neutral greys and other grays, and I never did find a new <\/em>local like the old Donkey’s Arms, though of course I’d stop by every now and then.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. prelest<\/strong> \u2014 spiritual conceit, self-delusion in one’s own righteousness<\/p>\n

Though it is true that all humans are in a state of <\/em>prelest to some extent, the modern age seems to have taken this most subtle of spiritual delusions to new and heretofore unthinkable levels.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. galloway<\/strong> \u2014 small horse originally bred in Galloway, Scotland<\/p>\n

The stubble on this hilly ground is perfect for the <\/em>galloways Herbert breeds.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. tripper \u2014 [British] excursionist, one who goes on a trip Liz would often go into the city for the weekend, and history was made when the young tripper met the editor of New Moon magazine in an Edinburgh pub.   2. medinal \u2014 sodium salt of barbital, first commercial barbiturate “Neil had made himself … <\/p>\n

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