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  • 91clod — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chunk, lump; clodhopper, dolt, lout, oaf. See density, ignorance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Lump of earth] Syn. clay, soil, gob, mass; see earth 2 , hunk . 2. [Stupid fellow] Syn. dolt, simpleton, oaf;… …

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  • 92clothing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Wearing apparel Nouns 1. clothing, clothes, apparel, wear, dress, attire, array, raiment, garments, garb, costume, outfit, habiliment, habit, rig, ensemble, caparison, drapery, toilette, fig, wardrobe,… …

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  • 93folly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of good sense Nouns 1. folly, silliness, foolishness, inanity, idiocy; frivolity, ineptitude; giddiness; inattention; irrationality, eccentricity (see insanity); extravagance, nonsense, absurdity;… …

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  • 94hayseed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, rustic, bumpkin. See populace. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Chaff and bits of hay] Syn. grass, chaff, hay; see grain 1 , seed 2 . 2. [*An unsophisticated person] Syn. hick, country bumpkin,… …

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  • 95hick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., slang, rustic, rube. See populace. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. yokel, *hayseed, farmer, rustic, bumpkin, *hillbilly, *rube, clodhopper, *Okie, *Arky, *Clem. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective… …

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  • 96hillbilly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mountaineer, rustic, bumpkin. See unskillfulness, populace. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. *hayseed, *Clem, clodhopper. see hick …

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  • 97lout — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bumpkin, clod, oaf, boor, hick, rube (sl.). See populace. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. oaf, dolt, hick, rustic; see boor . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. boor, oaf, clodhopper, clod, bumpkin, hayseed,… …

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  • 98oaf — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lout, simpleton, dullard, dunce, blockhead, idiot, dope (sl.), jerk (sl.). See ignorance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. blockhead, goon, lout; see fool 1 , moron . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. lummox,… …

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  • 99populace — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Common people Nouns 1. populace; the people, multitude, crowd, masses; bourgeoisie; commonalty; democracy; common people, lower classes, hoi polloi, rank and file, the ruck, folk, proletariat, plebs,… …

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  • 100rustic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rural, countrified, bucolic; artless, unsophisticated; unpolished, rude, backwoods. See unskillfulness. n. peasant, farmer, bumpkin, boor. See populace, agriculture. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …

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