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submarining

submarining  n.— «The seat is also “active”: during a crash the rear section of the raised seat surface automatically sinks in a fraction of a second to prevent the child slipping under the belt—”submarining,” as it...

bergie

bergie
 n.— «A “bergie” is someone who has been discarded, with no one who cares.» —“Big day for homeless pair” News24 (Cape Town, South Africa) June 12, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

kite-flying

kite-flying  n.— «It said the families allegedly made use of a technique known as “crossfiring” or “kite-flying,” which involves multiple accounts, account users, “no value” cheques and internet...

cross-firing

cross-firing  n.— «It said the families allegedly made use of a technique known as “crossfiring” or “kite-flying,” which involves multiple accounts, account users, “no value” cheques and internet...

garagiste

garagiste  n.— «Home wine cellars, affectionately known as “garagistes,” have been around since the late 1970’s.» —“A taste of home winemaking” by Marchelle Hermanus iafrica.com (South Africa) Oct...

bappy

bappy  n.— «Together making up over 27% of the country’s population, the rise of the lower middle classes has led the Sunday Times to coin the acronym “bappies”—booming, aspirational and previously poor.» —“Young women...

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