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  • 61bounty jumper — ☆ bounty jumper n. in the U.S. Civil War, a man who accepted the cash bounty offered for enlisting and then deserted * * * …

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  • 62Bounty Islands —   [ baʊntɪ aɪləndz], zu Neuseeland gehörende Gruppe von 13 Felseninseln (1 km2 Landfläche) im Südwestpazifik, südöstlich von Neuseeland; unbewohnt und vegetationslos; 1788 von W. Bligh, dem Kapitän der »Bounty«, entdeckt …

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  • 63bounty killer — / baʊnti kilə/, it. / baunti kil:er/ locuz. ingl. [comp. di bounty taglia e killer uccisore , propr. uccisore per la taglia ], usata in ital. come s.m. [chi dava la caccia ai ricercati per incassare la taglia] ▶◀ cacciatore di taglie …

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  • 64bounty hunter — bounty hunters N COUNT A bounty hunter is someone who tries to find or kill someone in order to get the reward that has been offered …

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  • 65bounty hunter — n. a person who pursues wild animals or outlaws for whose capture a bounty is offered …

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  • 66bounty jumper — ☆ bounty jumper n. in the U.S. Civil War, a man who accepted the cash bounty offered for enlisting and then deserted …

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  • 67Bounty-Inseln — (spr. bauntĭ), 24 unbewohnte Felseninseln im Stillen Ozean, östl. von Neuseeland, Dependenz von Neuseeland, 13 qkm, vegetationslos, wasserarm, aber sehr reich an Pelzrobben; 1788 von Bligh entdeckt …

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  • 68bounty hunter — bounty .hunter n someone who catches criminals and brings them to the police for a reward …

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  • 69bounty hunter — bounty ,hunter noun count someone who tries to catch criminals in order to receive a reward …

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  • 70Bounty (ship) — His Majesty s Armed Vessel (HMAV) Bounty was a British ship, most well known for the infamous mutiny aboard her in 28 April, 1789. The mutiny was the subject of novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. A replica of… …

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