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Nicker

One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence.

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Cry 76% connected

To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

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Emit 76% connected

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Neigh 92% connected

To utter the cry of the horse; to whinny.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Whinny 92% connected

To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Anights adverb · 78% connection

In the night time; at night.

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Birthnight noun · 78% connection

The night in which a person is born; the anniversary of that night in succeeding years.

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Blank noun · 78% connection

A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence; also, a French coin of the seventeenth cent…

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Breakage noun · 78% connection

The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken.

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Breaker noun · 78% connection

Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.

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Fenestrated adjective · 78% connection

Having windows; characterized by windows.

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Flat-cap noun · 78% connection

A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen…

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Goatsucker noun · 78% connection

One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Euro…

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Half adverb · 78% connection

In an equal part or degree; in some pa/ appro/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half p…

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Hemihedral adjective · 78% connection

Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as wh…

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Housebreaking noun · 78% connection

The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burg…

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Howler noun · 78% connection

Any South American monkey of the genus Mycetes. Many species are known. They are arboreal in their habits, and are noted for the loud,…

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Ichneumon noun · 78% connection

Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian spec…

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Kakapo noun · 78% connection

A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus), native of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is active at night. I…

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Lapwing noun · 78% connection

A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rap…

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Late adjective · 78% connection

Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late at night.

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Levy noun · 78% connection

A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at…

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Livery noun · 78% connection

Hence, also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any association or body of persons to their own use; as, the livery of the Lon…

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