noun
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A brownish grey colour.
adjective
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Of a brownish grey colour.
noun
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(countable) A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding.
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An urgent request or demand of payment.
verb
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(transitive) To ask or beset a debtor for payment.
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(transitive) To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request.
noun
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(countable) A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago.
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(countable, fishing) A fly made to resemble the mayfly subimago.
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An ancient or medieval fortification; especially a hill-fort in Scotland or Ireland.
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(archaeology) A structure in the Orkney or Shetland islands or in Scotland consisting of a roundhouse surrounded by a circular wall; a broch.
verb
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(nonstandard, informal) Eye dialect spelling of done: past participle of do
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(nonstandard, informal) Pronunciation spelling of don't: contraction of do + not.
verb
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(transitive, dated) To cure, as codfish, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with saltgrass or a similar substance.
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A mound or small hill.
interjection
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Imitating a deep bass note, such as that found in suspenseful music.
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Alternative form of dhoon (“Himalayan valley”)