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M c perry
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| —n , pl -ries | |
| alcoholic drink made of pears, similar in taste to cider | |
| [C14 pereye, from Old French peré, ultimately from Latin pirum pear] | |
| Perry (ˈpɛrɪ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Fred(erick John). 1909--95, English tennis and table-tennis player; world singles table-tennis champion (1929); Wimbledon singles champion (1934--36) |
| 2. | Grayson. born 1960, British potter. A transvestite, he won the Turner Prize (2003). |
| 3. | Matthew Calbraith. 1794--1858, US naval officer, who led a naval expedition to Japan that obtained a treaty (1854) opening up Japan to western trade |
| 4. | his brother, Oliver Hazard. 1785--1819, US naval officer. His defeat of a British squadron on Lake Erie (1813) was the turning point in the War of 1812, leading to the recapture of Detroit |
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