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15 Cards in this Set
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Czar
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King , ruler, dictator
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Guillotine
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A beheading machine
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Havelock
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hat covering which protects the neck
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Hooligan
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a shiftless person or ruffian
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Limerick
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A kind of nonsense poem
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Martinet
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A strict drillmaster or discplinarian
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Mausoleum
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A splendid tomb or seupulcher
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Nimrod
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A hunter, one fond of hunting
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Shillelagh, Shillalah
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A cudgel or club
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Solon
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A wise man, legislator
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Spoonerism
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a tranposing of sound by mistake
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Boycott
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to refuse to patronize, purchase or use
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Lynch
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to execute a person without a trial
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Meander
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TP wander aimlessly or listessly
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Mercerize
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to treat cotton with an alkali
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