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gueridon

[ger-ee-don; Fr. gey-ree-dawn]

gue·ri·don

[ger-ee-don; Fr. gey-ree-dawn]
noun, plural -dons [-donz; Fr. -dawn] . French Furniture.
a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.

Origin:
1850–55; < French guéridon, after the proper name Guéridon
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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gueridon

small stand or table designed to support a candelabrum. It was introduced into France and Italy in the second half of the 17th century in the form of a carved black figure, known as a blackamoor, holding a tray above his or her head

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