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Racket
·noun A carouse; any reckless dissipation. II. Racket ·vi To make a confused noise or racket. III....

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Sky
·noun Hence, a shadow. II. Sky ·noun The wheather; the climate. III. Sky ·noun A <<Cloud>>. IV. S...

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Racket-tail
·noun Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail fea...

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Racket-tailed
·adj Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers. ...

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Racket Court
See Racquet Court. ...

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sword racket
To enlist in different regiments, and on receiving the bounty to desert immediately. ...

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cattle-racket
n. Explained in quotation. 1852. `Settlers and Convicts; or Recollections of SixteenYears' Labour ...

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Sky pilot
·add. ·- A person licensed as a pilot. ...

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Sky-blue
·adj Having the blue color of the sky; azure; as, a sky-blue stone. ...

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Sky-high
·adv & ·adj Very high. ...

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sky blue
Gin. ...

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sky farmers
Cheats who pretend they were farmers in the isle of Sky, or some other remote place, and were ruined...

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sky parlour
The garret, or upper story. ...

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day-sky
The aspect of the sky at day-break, or at twilight. ...

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livid sky
That blackish red and blue which pervade the sky, previous to an easterly gale, at sea: "Deep midn...

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mackerel-sky
See cirro-cumulus. ...

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sky-gazer
The ugly hare-lipped Uranoscopus, whose eyes are on the crown of its head; the Italians call him pes...

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sky-larking
In olden times meant mounting to the mast-heads, and sliding down the royal-stays or backstays for a...

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sky-scraper
A triangular sail set above the skysail; if square it would be a moonsail, and if set above that, a ...

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water-sky
In Arctic seas, a dark and dull leaden appearance of the atmosphere, the reflected blue of the sea i...

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black spice racket
To rob chimney sweepers of their soot, bag and soot. ...

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noisy dog racket
Stealing brass knockers from doors. ...

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to sky a copper
To toss up a cent. Didge said he was like skying a copper--head or tail.--Crockett, Tour. ...

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lamb's-wool sky
A collection of white orbicular masses of cloud. ...

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scum-o'-the-sky
Thin atmospheric vapours. ...

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