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  2. Seth Davy - Wikipedia

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    Seth Davy, sometimes spelled Seth Davey, was a black street entertainer who worked in Liverpool, England, at the turn of the 20th century, and was immortalised in the folk song "Whiskey on a Sunday".

  3. List of manias - Wikipedia

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    It has also entered standard English and is affixed to many different words to denote enthusiasm or obsession with that subject. Cambridge Dictionary has defined mania as “a very strong interest in something that fills a person's mind or uses up all their time” Britannica Dictionary defined mania as a mental illness in which a person ...

  4. Stingy - Wikipedia

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    Stingy may refer to one of the following: A miser; The name of a fictional puppet character on LazyTown; Stingy (song), single by Ginuwine This page was last edited ...

  5. Controversies about the word niggardly - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, there have been several controversies involving the misunderstanding of the word niggardly, an adjective meaning "stingy" or "miserly", because of its phonetic similarity to nigger, an ethnic slur used against black people. Although the two words are etymologically unrelated, niggard is nonetheless often replaced with a ...

  6. Category:Pejorative terms for people - Wikipedia

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    It should only contain pages that are Pejorative terms for people or lists of Pejorative terms for people, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Pejorative terms for people in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .

  7. List of legendary creatures (S) - Wikipedia

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    Spiriduş – Little people; Spirit – Ghosts; Spriggan – Guardians of graveyards and ruins; Sprite (Medieval folklore) – little people, ghosts or elves; Squonk – Ugly and lonely creature capable of evading capture by dissolving itself into a pool of tears; Stihi – Demonic dragon who guards a treasure

  8. Longest word in English - Wikipedia

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    Nine-letter words include flagfalls; eight-letter words include galahads and alfalfas. Since the bottom row contains no vowels, no standard words can be formed. [35] The longest word typable by alternating left and right hands is antiskepticism. [32] On a Dvorak keyboard, the longest "left-handed" words are epopoeia, jipijapa, peekapoo, and ...

  9. List of Mr. Men - Wikipedia

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    In 2010 a box set of 50 books was released; this photo is from the 2014 version. ISBN 978-1-4052-5548-6. This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Children's literature portal The following is a list of Mr. Men, from the children's book series by Roger Hargreaves, also adapted into the children's television ...