ruth st. denis
ɪs; noun
1.
Ruth, 1880?–1968, U.S. dancer.
2.
a suburb of Paris in N France: famous abbey, the burial place of many French kings.
3.
a seaport in and the capital of Réunion island, in the Indian Ocean.
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reunion
1610, from re- "back, again" + union (q.v.). Cf. Fr. réunion (1549). The island of Reunion was so named by a convention in 1793, "without any particular reason."
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Ruth st. denis
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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