John Donald Budge
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budge1 (bʌdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to move, however slightly: the car won't budge |
| 2. | to change or cause to change opinions, etc |
| [C16: from Old French bouger, from Vulgar Latin bullicāre (unattested) to bubble, from Latin bullīre to boil, from bulla bubble] | |
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John Donald Budge
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| budge2 (bʌdʒ) | |
| —n | |
| a lambskin dressed for the fur to be worn on the outer side | |
| [C14: from Anglo-French bogee, of obscure origin] | |
| Budge (bʌdʒ) | |
| —n | |
| Don(ald). 1915--2000, US tennis player, the first man to win the Grand Slam of singles championships (Australia, France, Wimbledon, and the US) in one year (1938) | |
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budge
1580s, from M.Fr. bougier "to move, stir" (Mod.Fr. bouger), from V.L. *bullicare "to bubble, boil" (hence, "to be in motion"), from L. bullire "to boil" (see boil (v.)).
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