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on the hour
[on the hour] {adv. phr.} Each time the hour has zero minutes and zero seconds. * /The uptown bus goes past the school on  […]
straw
[straw] See: [GIVE A HANG], [GRASP AT A STRAW], [GRASP AT STRAWS], [LAST STRAW] or [STRAW THAT BREAKS THE CAMEL'S BACK],  […]
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
(1779-1848) English Prime Minister It is tiresome to hear education discussed, tiresome to educate, and tiresome to be  […]
handbags
[handbags] {n.} a harmless fight especially between two women. (from "handbags at dawn" an allusion to duelling)
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