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  • 51rabble — I. noun Etymology: Middle English rabel pack of animals Date: 14th century 1. a disorganized or confused collection of things 2. a. a disorganized or disorderly crowd of people ; mob b. the lowest class of people II. transitive verb …

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  • 52canaille — n. [Fr.] Populace, rabble, mob, riffraff, the vulgar, the crowd, vulgar herd, the ignoble vulgar, low people, lowest class of people, the multitude, the million, scum of society, dregs of society, ignobile vulgus, rag tag, tag rag, tag rag and… …

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  • 53riff-raff — n. 1. Refuse, sweepings. 2. Rabble, populace, the masses, dregs of the people, swinish multitude, scum of society, lowest class of people, ignoble vulgar, lower classes, rough scuff, canaille …

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  • 54Canaille — Ca*naille , n. [F. canaille (cf. It. canaglia), prop. and orig. a pack of dogs, fr. L. Canis dog.] 1. The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar. [1913 Webster] 2. Shorts or inferior flour. [Canadian] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 55Zeugitae — In the cities of 5th Century BC Ancient Greece, Zeugitae were the second lowest class of people set out by the politician Solon. The Zeugitae were those whose property or estate could produce 200 bushels of wet or dry goods (or their equivalent) …

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  • 56canaille — noun a) The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar. b) Shorts or inferior flour …

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  • 57ca|naille — «kuh NAYL; French ka NAH yuh», noun. the lowest class of people; rabble; riffraff. ╂[< French canaille < Italian canaglia < cane dog < Latin canis] …

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  • 58japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 59Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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  • 60South Africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 42,327,458; 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town. Formerly, Union of South Africa. * * * South Africa Introduction South Africa… …

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