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1. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
2. doozy, adj. and n. View full entry 1903
...Remarkable, excellent; also, amazing, incredible....
3. Einstein, n. View full entry 1922
...Used attrib. or in the possessive to designate certain theories and principles enunciated by Einstein or arising out of his work....
4. hog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domestic pig reared for slaughter; spec. a castrated male pig. Also more widely: any domestic pig. Cf. pig1a....
5. lulu, n. View full entry 1886
...A remarkable or wonderful person or thing; freq. used ironically; also attrib....
6. Maigret, n. View full entry 1966
...In allusive (freq. ironic) use denoting: a person engaged in stealthy investigation or psychological deduction. Also in Maigret-type....
7. meeverly, adv. and adj. View full entry 1775
...Modestly, in a seemly manner. rare....
8. Merry England, n. View full entry a1400
...Originally: England characterized by its pleasant landscape, etc. Later (freq. humorous or ironic): England characterized by the robust cheerfulness of its people, esp. in an imagined past golden...
9. Nimrod, n. View full entry ?1548
...A tyrannical ruler; a tyrant. Obs....
10. Norfolk, n. View full entry 1407-8
...attrib. Designating things manufactured in, characteristic of, or peculiar to Norfolk....
11. pig, n.1 View full entry OE
...An omnivorous, domesticated even-toed ungulate derived from the wild boar Sus scrofa, with a stout body, sparse bristly hair, and a broad flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept...
12. Toc H, n. View full entry 1918
...Colloq. abbrev. of the name of Talbot House, a rest-house and club for soldiers opened at Poperinghe, 15 Dec. 1915....
13. trance, v.2 View full entry c1374
...intr. To move about actively or briskly; to prance or skip; in later use applied ironically to moving over the ground with effort or speed; implying more rapidity than tramp...
