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Puff
·adj Puffed up; vain. II. Puff ·noun a kind of light pastry. III. Puff ·noun Anything light and fi...

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puff
One who bids at auctions, not with an intent to buy, but only to raise the price of the lot; for whi...

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puff
A sudden gust of wind. A whistle of steam. ...

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guts
My great guts are ready to eat my little ones; my guts begin to think my throat's cut; my guts curse...

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Puff-leg
·noun Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tu...

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Puff-legged
·adj Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs. ...

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devil's guts
A surveyor's chain: so called by farmers, who do not like their land should be measured by their lan...

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greedy guts
A covetous or voracious person. ...

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guzzle guts
One greedy of liquor. ...

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rusty guts
A blunt surly fellow: a jocular misnomer of RESTICUS. ...

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devil's guts
n. The name is given in Australiato the Dodder-Laurel (see Laurel), Cassythafiliformis, Linn., N.O....

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guts and garbage
A very fat man or woman. More guts than brains; a silly fellow. He has plenty of guts, but no bowels...

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plaister of warm guts
One warm belly'dapped to another; a receipt frequently prescribed for different disorders. ...

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