simple+fellow

  • 11Yarra — a fool, simple fellow …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 12yarra — Australian Slang a fool, simple fellow …

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  • 13doodle — (v.) scrawl aimlessly, 1935, from dial. doodle, dudle fritter away time, trifle, or associated with DAWDLE (Cf. dawdle). It was a noun meaning simple fellow from 1620s. LONGFELLOW: That s a name we made up back home for people who make foolish… …

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  • 14bozo — n a buffoon, a clumsy or foolish person. A mild term of contempt which can some times sound almost affectionate. It has been widely applied to the former US president Ronald Reagan. Originally from the USA and Canada, and dating from at least the …

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  • 15doodle — n. 1. Trifler, idler. See do little. 2. Simpleton, simple fellow …

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  • 16put — I. v. a. 1. Place, set, lay, deposit, bring. 2. Impose, enjoin, levy, inflict. 3. Propose, offer, state, present, bring forward. 4. Oblige, compel, force, constrain, push to action. 5. Incite, urge, entice, induce. 6. Express, utter, state in… …

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  • 17ESAU — (Heb. עֵשָׂו; meaning uncertain; see below), the firstborn son of isaac and rebekah , the twin brother of jacob (Gen. 25:24–26). Esau is also called Edom (25:30) and is the ancestor of the Edomites (Gen. 36; Mal. 1:2–3; see edom ). The Bible does …

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  • 18Greenhouse gas — Simple diagram of greenhouse effect. A greenhouse gas (sometimes abbreviated GHG) is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect.[1] …

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  • 19literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 20Nobel Prizes — ▪ 2009 Introduction Prize for Peace       The 2008 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, former president (1994–2000) of Finland, for his work over more than 30 years in settling international disputes, many involving ethnic,… …

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