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  2. Rake (stock character) - Wikipedia

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    The Restoration rake was a carefree, witty, sexually irresistible aristocrat whose heyday was during the English Restoration period (1660–1688) at the court of King Charles II. They were typified by the " Merry Gang " of courtiers, who included as prominent members John Wilmot , George Villiers , and Charles Sackville , who combined riotous ...

  3. Opposite - Wikipedia

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    The term antonym (and the related antonymy) is commonly taken to be synonymous with opposite, but antonym also has other more restricted meanings. Graded (or gradable) antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite and which lie on a continuous spectrum (hot, cold).

  4. List of Fraggle Rock characters - Wikipedia

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    They live in a network of caves called Fraggle Rock, populated by a variety of creatures, and seeming to connect to at least two different worlds in separate dimensions of time and space. Fraggles spend much of their carefree lives in play, exploring their worlds, and generally enjoying themselves.

  5. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.

  6. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...

  7. Contronym - Wikipedia

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    Hindi: कल and Urdu: کل (kal) may mean either "yesterday" or "tomorrow" (disambiguated by the verb in the sentence).; Icelandic: fram eftir can mean "toward the sea" or "away from the sea" depending on dialect.

  8. List of Mr. Men - Wikipedia

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    In 2010 a box set of 50 books was released; this photo is from the 2014 version. ISBN 978-1-4052-5548-6. This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Children's literature portal The following is a list of Mr. Men, from the children's book series by Roger Hargreaves, also adapted into the children's television ...

  9. Carefree - Wikipedia

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    Carefree (feminine hygiene), a feminine hygiene product; Carefree, a 1938 film with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; Carefree (Devon Williams album), 2008; Carefree (Samantha Stollenwerck album), 2009 "Carefree", a song by the Refreshments "Carefree", a 2014 song by Kevin MacLeod; CareFree, a brand of chewing gum made by the Hershey Company