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  2. Doormat - Wikipedia

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    Doormat may refer to: . Mat, a piece of fabric material that is placed on a floor or other flat surface "Doormat", song by No Doubt on their 1992 album No Doubt "Doormat", song by Spazz on their 1994 album Dwarf Jester Rising

  3. Mat - Wikipedia

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    A place mat or serving mat is a flat piece of fabric or other type of material used on a table at the points at which dishes and plates will be located during a meal. One of the common purposes of such mats is to provide a thermal and physical barrier between that which is placed on the table, and the table itself—for instance, to stop hot ...

  4. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  5. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    when appended with a number signifies a specific platform in a station (US: track) a raised elongated structure along the side of a track in a railway station; a raised level surface; a raised level surface from which a speaker addresses an audience plimsoll, plimsol, plimsole. noun: a rubber-soled cloth shoe; a sneaker.

  6. Glossary of North American railway terms - Wikipedia

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    Synonym for the verb "couple" used by brakemen when flat switching a yard. Talking on the radio, they will tell the engineer how many car lengths to back up in order to couple to another car (i.e. "five cars to a joint") [160] Joint bar (US) A metal plate that joins the ends of rails in jointed track Juice Train

  7. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    1. Englishman, Briton, or person of British descent; an English or British immigrant [292] 2. English or British ship [293] line 1. Untruth or exaggeration, often told to seek or maintain approval from others e.g. "to feed one a line" [294] 2. Insincere flattery [290] lip 1. Underworld attorney i.e. criminal attorney e.g.

  8. Molding (decorative) - Wikipedia

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    Casing: Finish trim around the sides of a door or window opening covering the gap between finished wall and the jam or frame it is attached to. Cartouche (in French) escutcheon: Framed panel in the form of a scroll with an inscribed centre, or surrounded by compound mouldings decorated with floral motifs

  9. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus or synonym dictionary lists similar or related words; these are often, but not always, synonyms. [15] The word poecilonym is a rare synonym of the word synonym. It is not entered in most major dictionaries and is a curiosity or piece of trivia for being an autological word because of its meta quality as a synonym of synonym.