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roadhouse collapse: an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling

publicity collapse: the quality of being open to public view; "the publicity of the court room"

communications collapse: the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); "communications is his major field of study"

peonage collapse: the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged; the condition of a peon

alimony collapse: court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

lame duck collapse: an elected official still in office but not slated to continue

face to face collapse: involving close contact; confronting each other; "the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner"; "they spoke face to face"

aboveboard collapse: without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs"

captivity collapse: the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"

vassal collapse: a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

public house collapse: tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals

chattel collapse: personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)

feudalism collapse: the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war

parting collapse: delivered at the moment of parting as if in flight or retreat; "paused to deliver a parting shot at the door"; "a Parthian volley of expletives from Uncle Billy"- Bret Harte

knell collapse: the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something; ring as in announcing death

public opinion collapse: a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"

repository collapse: a burial vault (usually for some famous person); a person to whom a secret is entrusted

pickings collapse: the act of someone who picks up or takes something; "the pickings were easy"; "clothing could be had for the taking"

ballyhoo collapse: blatant or sensational promotion; advertize noisily or blatantly

mandarin collapse: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China; a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China; a high public official of imperial China; any high government official or bureaucrat; a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group; shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia

safe collapse: strongbox where valuables can be safely kept; a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests; (of an undertaking) secure from risk; free from danger or the risk of harm; "a safe trip"; "you will be safe here"; "a safe place"; "a safe bet"; in safekeeping; "your secret is safe with me"

reward collapse: an act performed to strengthen approved behavior; the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property; payment made in return for a service rendered; act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

folk collapse: people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"

ending collapse: the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"; event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"

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