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1. break-away | breakaway, n. View full entry 1885
...The action of breaking away; severance....
2. ˈcome-back, n.2 View full entry 1889
...An act of retaliation. orig. U.S....
3. kombi, n. View full entry 1963
...A kind of minibus or van, originally manufactured by Volkswagen, which has removable seating at the rear, enabling it to transport passengers or goods (or a combination of the two); (S....
4. lagoon, n.1 View full entry 1612
...An area of salt or brackish water separated from the sea by low sand-banks or a similar barrier, esp. one of those in the neighbourhood of Venice....
5. lifestyler, n. View full entry 1970
...A person who adopts a particular lifestyle, esp. an unconventional one. Freq. with preceding word specifying the type of lifestyle adopted....
6. mensh, n. View full entry 1973
...= mention1a....
7. millionaire, n. and adj. View full entry 1795
...A person whose assets are worth at least a million pounds (dollars, etc.); a person of great wealth....
8. nobby, n.4 View full entry 1919
...A black opal occurring as a nodule coated with sandstone or opal dirt (the characteristic form at Lightning Ridge, New South Wales)....
9. padder, n.3 View full entry 1928
...A kind of bat with a rounded solid wooden head, for playing padder tennis (see ). Cf. paddle10a....
10. pie melon, n. View full entry 1857
...U.S. A melon used as a filling for pies. Now hist....
11. pig-jump, n. View full entry 1910
...A small jump made by a horse, mule, etc., from all four legs without bringing them together, esp. in an attempt to unseat the rider....
12. pinging, n.2 View full entry 1854
...The production or occurrence of a ping or pings; the sound itself....
13. playscape, n. View full entry 1959
...A landscape for play; spec. a children's play area in which play equipment is arranged in an integrated design, often incorporating existing landscape features....
14. postal, adj. and n. View full entry 1842
...Of, relating to, or connected with the post or mail....
15. puntman, n. View full entry 1851
...= puntsman...
16. rabbit, v.2 View full entry 1830
...intr. To hunt for or catch rabbits. Usu. in pres. pple....
17. rabbiter, n. View full entry 1859
...A person who or a dog which hunts rabbits; spec. (chiefly Austral. and N.Z.) a professional rabbit catcher or exterminator....
18. rangette, n. View full entry 1922
...A small gas or electric cooker. Cf. range5a....
19. rate-capping, n. View full entry 1983
...The imposition of an upper limit on the amount of money which a local authority can spend and also levy through rates, intended as a disincentive to high spending on local services,...
20. salvage, v. View full entry 1889
...trans. To make salvage of; to save or salve from shipwreck, fire, etc. Also fig....
