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  • 71Fly-catching warbler — Warbler War bler, n. 1. One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; applied chiefly to birds. [1913 Webster] In lulling strains the feathered warblers woo. Tickell. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small Old… …

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  • 72Rat Catching — (ISBN 0962299707) is a book by actor/filmmaker Crispin Glover. The book is a form of collage, reworked from Studies in the Art of Rat Catching , a 19th century non fiction book. Pictures from the book, as well as the book itself, were shown in… …

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  • 73Cony-catching — was a practice in medieval and Renaissance England in which devious people on the street would try to con or cheat vulnerable or gullible pedestrians. The term appears in The Taming of the Shrew and The Merry Wives of Windsor by William… …

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  • 74eye-catching — ADJ GRADED Something that is eye catching is very noticeable. ...a series of eye catching ads. Syn: striking …

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  • 75eye-catching — adjective something eye catching is unusual or attractive in a way that makes you notice it: an eye catching new outfit eye catchingly adverb …

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  • 76games of catching — gaudynių žaidimai statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Bėgimo žaidimų rūšis – žaidėjai, įvairiausiais būdais bėgiodami, nustatyta tvarka gaudo vienas kitą. Lavina vikrumą, orientavimąsi erdvėje, pastabumą. atitikmenys: angl.… …

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  • 77fly-catching thrush — Solitaire Sol i*taire , n. [F. See {Solitary}.] 1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone. [1913 Webster] Diamond… …

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  • 78Slip catching cradle — The Reverend Gilbert Harrison invented the slip catching cradle, used by cricketers to practice taking catches. It consists of long, thin ash lathes over a bowed metal frame and is commonly used at most cricket clubs. He attended Cambridge… …

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  • 79Stop catching — is a form of trading in which market participants attempt to set off the stops of other market participants for fun and profit.For example, suppose that there is a support level in a hypothetical market, as defined by technical analysis at 48 (an …

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  • 80eye-catching — eye catch·ing (īʹkăch ĭng) adj. Visually attractive: an eye catching dress.   eyeʹ catch er n. * * * …

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