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bag collapse: a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag"; a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him"; a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her bag and found a comb"; an ugly or ill-tempered woman; "he was romancing the old bag for her money"; the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person); "his bag included two deer"; the quantity that a bag will hold; "he ate a large bag of popcorn"; capture or kill, as in hunting; "bag a few pheasants"; put into a bag; "The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries"; hang loosely, like an empty bag

cockatrice collapse: monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance

recourse collapse: act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"; something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"

fixture collapse: a object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)

euphuism collapse: an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology; any artificially elegant style of language

skin collapse: an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"; a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal; a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"; a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin"; the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit); strip the skin off; "pare apples"; bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"

canton collapse: a small administrative division of a country; divide into cantons, of a country

bar sinister collapse: a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left

sable collapse: marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur; a scarf (or trimming) made of sable; an artist's brush made of sable hairs; the expensive dark brown fur of the marten; of a dark somewhat brownish black

fleur-de-lis collapse: (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris

unicorn collapse: an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead

mechanism collapse: the technical aspects of doing something; "a mechanism of social control"; "mechanisms of communication"; "the mechanics of prose style"; device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function; (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes; a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function; "the mechanism of the ear"; "the mechanism of infection"; the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction; "he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions"

azure collapse: a light shade of blue; of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather"; color azure; "Morning azured the village"

means collapse: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"; an instrumentality for accomplishing some end; considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means"

chevron collapse: an inverted V-shaped charge; V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service; "they earned their stripes in Kuwait"

alibi collapse: (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question; exonerate by means of an alibi

smoke screen collapse: an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure; "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures"; (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements

wreath collapse: flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes; encircle with or as if with a wreath; "Her face was wreathed with blossoms"

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