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  • 71Button — For other uses, see button (disambiguation) and buttons (disambiguation). Wedgwood button with Boulton cut steels, depicting a mermaid family, England, circa 1760. Actual diameter: just over 32mm (1 1/4 ) …

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  • 72Milne Barbour — Sir Milne Barbour, Bt Minister of Commerce of Northern Ireland In office 16 April 1925 – 16 January 1941. Minister of Finance for Northern Ireland In office 16 January 1941 – 6 May 1943 …

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  • 73Brussels lace — is a type of pillow lace that originated in and around Brussels. Brussels. The Oxford English Dictionary . 2nd ed. 1989.] The term Brussels lace has been broadly used for any lace from Brussels, however the term strictly interpreted refers to… …

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  • 74William Warren Barbour — (July 31 1888 November 22 1943) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1931 to 1937 and again from 1938 until his death in office in 1943, a business leader, and the amateur… …

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  • 75Lisburn — Town (pop., 1991: 42,110), seat of Lisburn district (pop., 2001: 108,694), Northern Ireland. Located on the River Lagan southwest of Belfast, it was a small village known as Lisnagarvey before English, Scots, and Welsh settled there in the 1620s… …

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  • 76Tønder lace — is a point ground type of handmade bobbin lace identified with the Tønder region of Denmarkcite book|last=Earnshaw|first=Pat|title=A Dictionary of Lace|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=S4Vc12AZFD8C pg=PA93 dq=Mechlin+lace lr= as brr=3… …

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  • 77Paisley — /payz lee/, n. 1. a city in the Strathclyde region, in SW Scotland, W of Glasgow: thread factories. 95,067. 2. paisley. * * * ▪ Scotland, United Kingdom       large burgh (town) and an industrial centre, Renfrewshire council area and historic… …

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  • 78Smock-frock — A smock frock or smock is an outer garment worn by rural workers in England and Wales from at least the early eighteenth century. The traditional smock frock is made of heavy linen or wool and varies from thigh length to mid calf length.… …

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  • 79crinoline — [19] The reason crinolines are called crinolines is that they were originally made from a stiff fabric woven from horsehair and linen thread. Italian crino ‘horsehair’ (from Latin crīnus ‘hair’, a possible relative of English crest) and lino… …

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  • 80crinoline — [19] The reason crinolines are called crinolines is that they were originally made from a stiff fabric woven from horsehair and linen thread. Italian crino ‘horsehair’ (from Latin crīnus ‘hair’, a possible relative of English crest) and lino… …

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