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  • 1In sport — Sport Sport (sp[=o]rt), n. [Abbreviated from disport.] 1. That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement. [1913 Webster] It is as sport to a fool to do mischief. Prov. x. 23. [1913 Webster] Her sports were such as carried riches of… …

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  • 2Sport — (sp[=o]rt), n. [Abbreviated from disport.] 1. That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement. [1913 Webster] It is as sport to a fool to do mischief. Prov. x. 23. [1913 Webster] Her sports were such as carried riches of knowledge upon… …

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  • 3sport — I. n. 1. Play, diversion, amusement, pastime, game, fun, frolic, gambol, prank, recreation, gayety, entertainment, merriment, mirth, jollity, joviality, pleasantry, merry making. 2. Amusement, entertainment, diversion. 3. Recreation. 4. Jest,… …

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  • 4laugh — [laf, läf] vi. [ME laughen < OE hleahhan, akin to Ger lachen (OHG hlahhan) < IE base * klēg , to cry out, sound > Gr klangē, L clangor] 1. to make the explosive sounds of the voice, and the characteristic movements of the features and… …

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  • 5George Robert Sims — (2 September 1847 4 September 1922) was an English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist and bon vivant. Sims began writing lively humour and satiric pieces for Fun magazine and The Referee , but he was soon concentrating on social reform,… …

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  • 6King, Queen, Knave — infobox Book | name = King, Queen, Knave title orig = Король, дама, валет (Korol , dama, valet) translator = Dmitri Nabokov and Vladimir Nabokov image caption = author = Vladimir Nabokov illustrator = cover artist = country = language = Russian… …

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