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  • 81Das Mädchen aus dem Wasser — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Das Mädchen aus dem Wasser Originaltitel Lady in the Water …

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  • 82Lady in the Water — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Das Mädchen aus dem Wasser Originaltitel: Lady in the Water Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 2006 Länge: 109 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …

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  • 83Burnett,Frances Eliza Hodgson — Bur·nett (bûr nĕtʹ, bûrʹnĭt), Frances Eliza Hodgson. 1849 1924. British born American writer famous for her popular children s books, especially Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), whose priggish title character dressed in black velvet with ruffled… …

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  • 84Mrs.Grundy — Mrs. Grun·dy (grŭnʹdē) n. An extremely conventional or priggish person.   [After Mrs. Grundy, character alluded to in the play Speed the Plough by Thomas Morton (1764 1838), British playwright.] * * * …

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  • 85M*A*S*H — a US comic novel, film and television series about military doctors during the Korean War. M*A*S*H is short for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. Richard Hooker wrote the novel (1968) as a way of bringing the horrors of the Vietnam War to people’s… …

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  • 86Galba — /gal beuh/, n. Servius Sulpicius /serr vee euhs sul pish euhs/, 5? B.C. A.D. 69, Roman emperor A.D. 68 69. * * * in full Servius Galba Caesar Augustus orig. Servius Sulpicius Galba born Dec. 24, 3 BC died Jan. 15, AD 69, Rome Roman emperor… …

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  • 87Julian — /joohl yeuhn/, n. 1. (Flavius Claudius Julianus) ( the Apostate ) A.D. 331 363, Roman emperor 361 363. 2. a male given name, form of Julius. /joohl yeuhn/, adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Julius Caesar. [1585 95; < L Julianus, equiv …

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  • 88prick-eared — /prik eard /, adj. 1. having the ears upright and pointed: a prick eared dog. 2. Brit. a. Informal. (of a man) having the hair cut short. b. Archaic. following or sympathetic to the Puritans or Roundheads. c. Archaic. priggish. [1375 1425; late&#8230; …

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  • 89prig — prig1 priggish, adj. priggishly, adv. priggishness, n. /prig/, n. a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, esp. in a self righteous or irritating manner.&#8230; …

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  • 90priggism — /prig iz euhm/, n. priggish character or ideas; priggishness. [1735 45; PRIG1 + ISM] * * * …

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