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  • 41Trencher friend — Trencher Trench er, n. [OE. trencheoir, F. tranchoir, fr. trancher to cut, carve. See {Trench}, v. t.] 1. One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches. [1913 Webster] 2. A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use. [1913 Webster] 3 …

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  • 42Trencher mate — Trencher Trench er, n. [OE. trencheoir, F. tranchoir, fr. trancher to cut, carve. See {Trench}, v. t.] 1. One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches. [1913 Webster] 2. A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use. [1913 Webster] 3 …

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  • 43epicure — epicure, gourmet, gourmand, glutton, bon vivant, gastronome mean one who takes pleasure in eating and drinking. An epicure is one who is choice and fastidious while at the same time voluptuous in enjoyment of food and drink; the term is also… …

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  • 44List of P. G. Wodehouse characters — Lists of P. G. Wodehouse characters Characters in all Wodehouse stories Characters in the Blandings stories Characters in the Drones Club stories Characters in the Jeeves stories Characters in the Mulliner stories Characters in the Ukridge… …

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  • 45Alice Waters — Alice Waters, 2007 Alice Louise Waters (* 28. April 1944) ist eine US amerikanische Köchin und Mitbesitzerin des kalifornischen Restaurants Chez Panisse in Berkeley, das als Ursprungsort der California Cuisine gilt. Ihr gehört außerdem das etwas… …

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  • 46Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer — Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix = The Right Honourable name = Robert Harley honorific suffix = 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer imagesize = 225px caption = order = Chancellor of the Exchequer term start = 1710 term end = 1711 prime… …

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  • 47Walpole Cheshyre Fendall — (1830 1913) was an early settler of Canterbury, New Zealand.Walpole was the son of Rev. Henry Benson Fendall I (1795 1882), Vicar of Nazeing, and his wife, Anne Catherine Johnson (1814 1842). He was born at St. James, Nunburnholme, East Riding of …

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  • 48Gluttony — • The excessive indulgence in food and drink Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Gluttony     Gluttony     † …

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  • 49Lucius Vitellius —     Lucius Vitellius     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Lucius Vitellius     Proclaimed Roman Emperor by the soldiers at Cologne during the civil war of A.D. 69; d. at Rome, 21 Dec., 69. The Emperor Galba had placed Vitellius at the head of the army… …

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  • 50Sergius II —     Pope Sergius II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Sergius II     Date of birth unknown; consecrated in 844, apparently in January; d. 27 Jan., 847. He was of noble birth, and belonged to a family which gave two other popes to the Church.… …

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