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noun Informal.
1.
preparations, especially for beginning a journey.
2.
start or outset.
3.
things set or laid out for use or display, as food on a table.
4.
getup or outfit.
5.
an entertaining event.
Origin:
1800–10; noun use of verb phrase set out
1800–10; noun use of verb phrase set out
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Setout
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| 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 fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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