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stirp

[sturp]

noun Anthropology.

a line of descendants from a common ancestor.

Origin:
1495–1505; < Latin stirp-, stem of stirps stirps

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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