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  • 61iffy — • dubious, doubtful …

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  • 62Swofties — Dubious acronym for “single women over fifty.” According to a report in The Telegraph: Single women over 50 – or Swofties – have never been happier enjoying nightclubs, exotic holidays and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, a… …

    Dictionary of unconsidered lexicographical trifles

  • 63Bosphorus Tea Party — Dubious term for Anglo American discord concerning permanent seats on the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Speaking in Istanbul ahead of the International Monetary Fund’s annual meeting, Britain’s finance minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer… …

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  • 64FREDs — Dubious acronym for the debt ridden and disenfranchised. The charity Oxfam recently asserted that “the U.K. is fast becoming a nation of FREDs”: Forgotten by those in power. Ripped off by taxes and the benefits system. Excluded from opportunities …

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  • 65dubiously — dubious ► ADJECTIVE 1) hesitating or doubting. 2) not to be relied upon. 3) of questionable value; suspect. DERIVATIVES dubiously adverb dubiousness noun. ORIGIN Latin dubiosus, from dubium a doubt …

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  • 66dubiousness — dubious ► ADJECTIVE 1) hesitating or doubting. 2) not to be relied upon. 3) of questionable value; suspect. DERIVATIVES dubiously adverb dubiousness noun. ORIGIN Latin dubiosus, from dubium a doubt …

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  • 67Scottish people — The Scots people (Scots Gaelic: Albannaich ) are a nation [ That I am not exaggerating in calling the Scots people a great nation must be evident to anyone... cite book |last=Bulloch |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Scottish Notes and… …

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  • 68Dale Abenojar — Abenojar on Everest in 2006 Born April 27, 1963 (1963 04 27) (age 48) Manila, Philippines …

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  • 69doubtful — doubtful, dubious 1. The constructions that follow doubtful correspond to the pattern outlined for doubt above, with whether and if still dominant but a that clause now increasingly common: • It is doubtful that in the right to life controversy… …

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  • 70Novel — For other uses, see Novel (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Novell. New novels in a Oldenburg bookshop, February 2009 …

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