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  • 31The switch (con) — The Switch is a type of confidence trick, designed to switch a sum of money from a victim, in exchange for a ringer. This trick requires 2 con artists.The StepsThe Switch has 6 steps:*The con artists spot a target and one of the con artists… …

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  • 32Cloth mill Offermann — The cloth mill Offermann was a brass factory of the 18th century in the German city of Stolberg. Later it became a cloth mill demonstrating the change of industrial development in the city. Currently it is used as an apartment building. History… …

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  • 33The Shroud of Turin —     The Holy Shroud (of Turin)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Holy Shroud (of Turin)     This name is primarily given to a relic now preserved at Turin, for which the claim is made that it is the actual clean linen cloth in which Joseph of… …

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  • 34The Mad Gasser of Mattoon — (also known as The Anesthetic Prowler , The Mad Anesthetist , and The Phantom Anesthetist , The Mad Gasser of Roanoke , or simply Mad Gasser ) was the name given to the person or persons believed to be behind a series of apparent gas attacks that …

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  • 35cloth — [klɔθ US klo:θ] n [: Old English; Origin: clath cloth, piece of clothing ] 1.) [U] material used for making things such as clothes cotton/woollen/silk etc cloth ▪ a dress of the finest silk cloth 2.) a piece of cloth used for a particular purpose …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 36cloth — [klôth, kläth] n. pl. cloths [klôthz, kläthz; ] also [ klôths, kläths ] for [ “] kinds of cloth [ ] [ME < OE clath, cloth, hence garment, akin to clithan, to stick, clitha, poultice < IE * gleit (> Ger kleid, dress) < base * glei , to …

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  • 37cloth-eared — clothˈ eared adjective (slang) Deaf, usu because inattentive • • • Main Entry: ↑cloth * * * cloth eared «KLTH IHRD, KLOTH », adjective. Informal. having cloth ears; defective in hearing: »The public world is dominated today by the cloth eared and …

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  • 38cloth — [ klaθ ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount material used for making clothes, curtains, etc. that is made by weaving fibers together: linen/cotton cloth 2. ) count a piece of cloth used for a particular purpose such as cleaning or covering a table the …

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  • 39cloth — ► NOUN (pl. cloths) 1) woven, knitted, or felted fabric made from a soft fibre such as wool or cotton. 2) a piece of cloth for a particular purpose. 3) (the cloth) the clergy; the clerical profession. ORIGIN Old English …

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  • 40cloth — (n.) O.E. clað a cloth, woven or felted material to wrap around one, hence, garment, from P.Gmc. *kalithaz (Cf. O.Fris. klath, M.Du. cleet, Du. kleed, M.H.G. kleit, Ger. Kleid garment ), of obscure origin. The cloth the clerical profession is… …

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