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  2. The End (story) - Wikipedia

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    "The End" is a response to the Argentine epic Martín Fierro, which Borges had discussed in a long essay published earlier that year. [1] In the story, a man who presumably has had a crippling stroke winds up half seeing and half hearing a definitive fight between a "negro" guitarist who has been dwelling in the man's store and a mysterious stranger who turns out to be Martin Fierro, whom the ...

  3. Queen of Elphame - Wikipedia

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    From Thomas the Rhymer, "Under the Eildon tree Thomas met the lady," illustrated by Katharine Cameron. Queen of Elphame [1] or "Elf-hame" (-hame stem only occurs in conjectural reconstructed orthography [2] [3]), in the folklore belief of Lowland Scotland and Northern England, designates the elfin queen of Faerie, mentioned in Scottish witch trials.

  4. Elfin - Wikipedia

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    Elfin may refer to: . ELFIN, a CubeSat developed by University of California, Los Angeles; Elfin (steamboat), a steamboat that ran on Lake Washington from 1891 to 1900 Elfin of Alt Clut, ruler of Alt Clut, seventh century Scotland

  5. List of generic forms in place names in the British Isles

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    First reference gives the word as the local pronunciation of go out; the second as "A water-pipe under the ground. A sewer. A flood-gate, through which the marsh-water runs from the reens into the sea." Reen is a Somerset word, not used in the Fens. Gout appears to be cognate with the French égout, "sewer". Though the modern mind associates ...

  6. Black Friday (shopping) - Wikipedia

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    El Buen Fin has been in existence since 2011 and takes place on November in the week-end prior to the Monday in which the Mexican Revolution holiday is pushed from its original date of November 20, as a result of the measure taken by the government of pushing certain holidays to the Monday of their week in order to avoid the workers and ...

  7. El Fin del Mundo - Wikipedia

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    El Fin del Mundo (Spanish: 'End of the World') is an ancient Pleistocene site near Pitiquito in northwestern Sonora, Mexico. [1] It features Clovis culture period occupation proposed to date to 13,390 calibrated years Before Present , though this is contested.

  8. Da capo - Wikipedia

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    Da Capo al Fine (often abbreviated as D.C. al Fine): Repeat from beginning to the end, or up to the word Fine (should that appear at the end of the passage)—the word Fine itself signifying the end. A similar example showing D.C. al Coda. Play ⓘ The notes are played as: G A B B C, G A, low-C

  9. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    In French, it means "beginning." The English meaning of the word exists only when in the plural form: [faire] ses débuts [sur scène] (to make one's débuts on the stage). The English meaning and usage also extends to sports to denote a player who is making their first appearance for a team or at an event. décolletage a low-cut neckline ...