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  • 21tidbit — also titbit noun Etymology: perhaps from tit (as in titmouse) + bit Date: circa 1640 1. a choice morsel of food 2. a choice or pleasing bit (as of information) …

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  • 22dainty — adj. & n. adj. (daintier, daintiest) 1 delicately pretty. 2 delicate of build or in movement. 3 (of food) choice. 4 fastidious; having delicate taste and sensibility. n. (pl. ies) a choice morsel; a delicacy. Derivatives: daintily adv. daintiness …

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  • 23Red-knobbed Coot — In Cape Town, South Africa Conservation status …

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  • 24tidbit, titbit — A tidbit is a choice morsel of some sort, whether of food, scandal, gossip, or news: We enjoyed delicious tidbits during the social hour that followed. She whispered to me a delicious tidbit about the new couple in town. Titbit is also a correct… …

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  • 25dainty — adjective (daintier, daintiest) 1》 delicately small and pretty.     ↘delicate and graceful in build or movement. 2》 fastidious, typically concerning food. noun (plural dainties) a delicacy. Derivatives daintily adverb daintiness noun …

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  • 26daintily — dainty ► ADJECTIVE (daintier, daintiest) 1) delicately small and pretty. 2) fastidious and fussy when eating. ► NOUN (pl. dainties) ▪ a small appetizing item of food. DERIVATIVES daintily …

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  • 27daintiness — dainty ► ADJECTIVE (daintier, daintiest) 1) delicately small and pretty. 2) fastidious and fussy when eating. ► NOUN (pl. dainties) ▪ a small appetizing item of food. DERIVATIVES daintily …

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  • 28dainty — ► ADJECTIVE (daintier, daintiest) 1) delicately small and pretty. 2) fastidious and fussy when eating. ► NOUN (pl. dainties) ▪ a small appetizing item of food. DERIVATIVES daintily …

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  • 29United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 30delicacy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sensitiveness, tact, nicety; frailty, daintiness, exactness; tidbit, dainty; discrimination, taste, fastidiousness. See beauty, food, skill, pleasure, brittleness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fineness of… …

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