an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
to commit or perform sinfully: He sinned his crimes without compunction.
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to bring, drive, etc., by sinning: He sinned his soul to perdition.
Origin: before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English syn(n) offense, misdeed; akin to German Sünde,Old Norse synd sin, Latin sōns guilty; (v.) derivative of the noun, replacing Middle English sin(i)gen, syn(i)gen,Old English syngian, itself derivative of the noun
n. synthetic marijuana. (Drugs. From synthetic.) : Most of this stuff the kids put down good money for is not sin but angel dust.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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