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  • 51Krastyo Hadzhiivanov — (December 25, 1929 June 27, 1952) was a Bulgarian poet and resistance fighter.Early lifeHadzhiivanov was born in Kapatovo, in the Petrich district of Bulgaria. He began composing poetry when he was six years old. During World War II, at age of 14 …

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  • 52Margie Santimaria — at the Triathlon di Andora, 2010. Margie S …

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  • 53bumpkin — awkward country fellow, 1560s, probably from M.Du. bommekijn little barrel, dim. of boom tree. Apparently, though itself Dutch, it began as a derogatory reference to Dutch people as short and dumpy …

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  • 54roister — 1580s, from an obsolete noun roister noisy bully (1550s), from M.Fr. ruistre ruffian, from O.Fr. ruste rough country fellow, from L. rusticus (see RUSTIC (Cf. rustic)) …

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  • 55hob — hob1 noun 1》 Brit. a cooking appliance, or the flat top part of a cooker, with hotplates or burners.     ↘a flat metal shelf at the side of a fireplace, used for heating pans. 2》 a machine tool for cutting gears or screw threads. 3》 a peg or pin… …

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  • 56bumpkin — n. Rustic, peasant, clodpoll, clown, boor, hind, lout, lubber, swain, ploughman, country fellow, chaw bacon (colloq.) …

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  • 57hobgoblin — ► NOUN ▪ a mischievous imp. ORIGIN from hob, familiar form of the names Robin and Robert, used in the sense «country fellow» …

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  • 58yo|kel — «YOH kuhl», noun. a country fellow; bumpkin; rustic: »We don t want television cameras showing some yokel in the legislature reading a newspaper and smoking a cigar with his feet on a desk (Wall Street Journal). ╂[origin uncertain. Compare German …

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  • 59golf — golfer, n. /golf, gawlf/; Brit. also /gof/, n. 1. a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having… …

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  • 60literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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