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  2. Bib (garment) - Wikipedia

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    A bib is a garment worn hanging from the neck on the chest to protect clothing from accidentally spilled food. Bibs are frequently used by young children, especially infants, but also by some adults. Bibs are also worn when consuming certain "messy" foods. In addition, bibs are used for infants when they drool a lot, for example when they are ...

  3. Pinking shears - Wikipedia

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    The sawtooth pattern does not prevent the fraying but limits the length of the frayed thread and thus minimizes damage. [ 8 ] These scissors can also be used for decorative cuts and a number of patterns (arches, sawtooth of different aspect ratios, or asymmetric teeth) are available.

  4. Polyominoes: Puzzles, Patterns, Problems, and Packings

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    Senger adds that the second edition is especially welcome because of the difficulty of finding a copy of the out-of-print first edition. [7] Although the book concerns recreational mathematics, reviewer M. H. Greenblatt writes that its inclusion of exercises and problems makes it feel "much more like a text book", but not in a negative way. [4]

  5. May Gibbs - Wikipedia

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    In addition to her work illustrating and writing, Gibbs maintained two comic strips, Bib and Bub 1924–1967 and Tiggy Touchwood 1925–1931, in opposition newspapers. Tiggy Touchwood appeared in the Sunday Sun under the signature "Stan Cottman". The comic strips were published in newspapers in most Australian states and also in New Zealand.

  6. Pattypan squash - Wikipedia

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    Its French name, pâtisson, [citation needed] derives from a Provençal word for a cake made in a scalloped mould. The pattypan squash is also known as scallop squash, [ 1 ] granny squash, custard squash, [ 2 ] ciblème in Cajun French , [ 3 ] button squash, scallopini, [ 1 ] or simply "squash" in Australian English , or schwoughksie squash ...

  7. Scallop - Wikipedia

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    Scallop (/ ˈ s k ɒ l ə p, ˈ s k æ l ə p /) [a] is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops.However, the common name "scallop" is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families within the superfamily Pectinoidea, which also includes the thorny oysters.

  8. For sale: baby shoes, never worn - Wikipedia

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    The May 16, 1910, edition of The Spokane Press had an article titled "Tragedy of Baby's Death is Revealed in Sale of Clothes." [2] [1] In 1917, William R. Kane published a piece in a periodical called The Editor where he outlined the basic idea of a grief-stricken woman who had lost her baby and even suggested the title of Little Shoes, Never ...

  9. The Poisonwood Bible - Wikipedia

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    The Poisonwood Bible (1998), by Barbara Kingsolver, is a best-selling novel about a missionary family, the Prices, who in 1959 move from the U.S. state of Georgia to the village of Kilanga in the Belgian Congo, close to the Kwilu River.