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mangel

mangel
 n.— «The smoke of the “mangel” (barbecue) is everywhere.» —“Israeli Independence Day” Flowers and Sympatya (Israel) Apr. 19, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

maconha

maconha  n.— «Está provado. Os efeitos medicinais da maconha beneficiam pacientes de câncer, Aids, glaucoma e esclerose múltipla. Mas os médicos do mundo inteiro se vêem num dilema crucial.» —“Quando a...

maconha

maconha  n.— «Maconha is true hemp—Cannabis sativa L.—which has become acclimatized in Brazil under a wealth of popular names, being variously known in different areas as diamba, pango, liamba, dirijo, birra, elva, fininha and fumo de...

watermelon

watermelon  n.— «Major Robert D’Aubuisson, leader of the ultra right Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), likes to compare the Christian Democrats to a watermelon. “Green (the Christian Democrats’ official color) on the...