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shell game collapse: a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under

reading matter collapse

printed matter collapse

appraise collapse

railway car collapse

boxcar collapse: a freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides

stockcar collapse: boxcar with latticed sides; for transporting livestock

Fort Knox collapse

piggy bank collapse: a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig)

cashbox collapse: a strongbox for holding cash

strong room collapse

strongbox collapse: a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked

clearance collapse: permission to proceed; "the plane was given clearance to land"; the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them

typescript collapse: typewritten matter especially a typewritten copy of a manuscript

conservation collapse: the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources; (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations; an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change

switchboard collapse: telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords

parlor car collapse: a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs

Pullman car collapse

roomette collapse: a small private compartment for one on a sleeping car

tepid collapse

clapper collapse: metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side; someone who applauds

beautiful people collapse

divination collapse: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means; successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

intellectuality collapse

description collapse: sort or variety; "every description of book was there"; a statement that represents something in words; the act of describing something

astrology collapse: a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon

smart set collapse

cricket collapse: a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs; leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together; play cricket

tonnage collapse: a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship

philippic collapse

diatribe collapse

backstage collapse: concealed from the public audience; in or to a backstage area of a theater; "costumes were changed backstage"; out of view of the public; behind the scenes; "Working backstage to gain political support for his proposal"; "many private deals were made backstage at the convention"

penscript collapse

clairvoyance collapse: apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses

pep talk collapse: a speech of exhortation attempting to instill enthusiasm and determination in a team or staff

Rabelaisian collapse: of or relating to or characteristic of Francois Rabelais or his works; "Rabelaisian characters"

camera collapse: equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)

size up collapse: to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail; "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror"

parameter collapse: a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves; a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data; any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance

peepers collapse

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