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overarm
Throwing while having the hand above the elbow
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bo'sun
Alternative form of bosun
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vandyke
A style of facial hair which has both a mustache and a goatee but with.
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laban
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin
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wifty
Eccentric, silly, scatterbrained
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solarise
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of solarize. [(transitive) To subject to solarization.]
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