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  2. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Escape from a robbery with no clues left behind [110] clip joint. Main article: Clip joint. Nightclub where the prices are high and the patrons are fleeced [111] clipped 1. Shoot dead [112] 2. cheated or fleeced [113] close your head Shut up [20] clothesline Person who tells neighborhood stories [94] clout Shoplifter [20] clubhouse Police ...

  3. 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.

  4. Matty McNair - Wikipedia

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    2007 drove a dogsled with Richard Hammond in a race to the 1996 location of the North Magnetic Pole as part of Top Gear: Polar Special. [5] [6] This journey was cut short before her party reached the pole because the other competitors (in trucks) reached the destination first. [7] She is the first American to ski to both the North and South poles.

  5. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    An American-style 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 letter ...

  6. Gandy dancer - Wikipedia

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    Gandy dancer is a slang term used for early railroad workers in the United States, more formally referred to as section hands, who laid and maintained railroad tracks in the years before the work was done by machines. The British equivalents of the term gandy dancer are navvy (from navigator), originally builders of canals, or inland ...

  7. The New York Times crossword - Wikipedia

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    The New York Times crossword is a daily American-style crossword puzzle published in The New York Times, syndicated to more than 300 other newspapers and journals, and released online on the newspaper's website and mobile apps as part of The New York Times Games. [1][2][3][4][5] The puzzle is created by various freelance constructors and has ...

  8. Territorial claims in the Arctic - Wikipedia

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    In 1925, based upon the sector principle, Canada became the first country to extend its maritime boundaries northward to the North Pole, at least on paper, between 60°W and 141°W longitude, a claim that is not universally recognized (there are 415 nmi (769 km; 478 mi) of ocean between the Pole and Canada's northernmost land point). [6]

  9. North Pole - Wikipedia

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    This pressure ridge at the North Pole is about 1 km (0.62 mi.) long, formed between two ice floes of multi-year ice. The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole, Terrestrial North Pole or 90th Parallel North, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface.