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bookmaker collapse: a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races); a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books

rollick collapse

cant collapse: insincere talk about religion or morals; heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

bookworm collapse: someone who spends a great deal of time reading

roister collapse

record book collapse

slang collapse: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"; informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar; "their speech was full of slang expressions"; abuse with coarse language; use slang or vulgar language

brag collapse: an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"

printer collapse: a machine that prints; (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing; someone whose occupation is printing

vulgarism collapse

consonance collapse: the property of sounding harmonious; the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words

bookseller collapse: the proprietor of a bookstore

bookdealer collapse: a dealer in books; a merchant who sells books

publisher collapse: a firm in the publishing business; a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music; the proprietor of a newspaper

librarian collapse: a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services

provincialism collapse: a lack of sophistication

barbarism collapse

Yankee collapse: an American (especially to non-Americans); an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War); used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)

clink collapse: make a high sound typical of glass; "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast"

gobbledygook collapse: incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists

gibberish collapse: unintelligible talking

idiom collapse: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

curator collapse: the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)

intimidate collapse: make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her"; to compel or deter by or as if by threats

garble collapse

bibliographer collapse: someone trained in compiling bibliographies

atlas collapse: a figure of a man used as a supporting column; the 1st cervical vertebra; a collection of maps in book form; (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders

hector collapse: (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War

taboo collapse: an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature; forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands; declare as sacred and forbidden

literal collapse: without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal depiction of the scene before him"; limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation"; avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis); "it's the literal truth"

rhyme collapse: correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds); compose rhymes; be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme"

vernacular collapse: the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

editor collapse: a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

swagger collapse: act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

splutter collapse: spit up in an explosive manner

sputter collapse: an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage); cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"; utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage; make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines"

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