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   Robert W. Service

   Words used in Service's poetry include jerries (Germans), dago (Italian), pickaninny (in reference to a Mozambican infant), cheechako (newcomer to the Yukon and Alaska gold fields, usually from the U.S.), nigger (African-American), squaw (Aboriginal woman), and Jap (Japanese).
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   Word of Faith

   This teaching is interpreted from Mark 11:22 and 23.Word of Faith preachers have likened faith to a "force".
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   Wobbly lingo

   The word muckamuck in Wobbly lingo refers to someone important and possibly arrogant. ... Jerries : Men who work on the section gang, or Jerry Gang.
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   Cunt

   Proverbs of Hendyng, a manuscript from sometime before 1325 includes the advice: ... By the 17th century a softer form of the word, "cunny", came into use.
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   Scrabble

   Other records are available for viewing at Total ScrabblePDF, an unofficial record book which includes the above as sources and expands on other topics. ... Word board games
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   Tax protester statutory arguments

   Court rulings on the Internal Revenue Code definitions of "state" and "includes" ... Likewise, the word "assessment" has more than one tax law meaning.
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   List of British words not widely used in the United States

   The word "botty", used by children to refer to the backside, is pronounced "batty" in the West Indian accent.
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   Zeon

   In the Cartoon Network run and English localization of Mobile Suit Gundam, the Zeons were also derisively referred to as "Zeeks", originally taken from Gundam Sentinel: 0079, one of the many Gundam side stories written by Masaya Takahashi and added by translator Neil Nadelman, to reflect the tendency to nickname war enemies, i.e. Yankees/Rebs (Civil War), Jerries/Tommies (WWI), Japs (WWII), Commies (Cold War), Charlie (Vietnam). ... Other uses of the word Zeon
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   Barrhead

   The Glasgow Road corridor is being redeveloped into a dedicated business district which includes Crossmill Business Park, Blackbyres Court, and the former Bowerwalls housing area. ... Evidence of these lines can still be seen within the town, including two standalone sections of railway viaduct, one near the Tesco store and the other now carrying a footpath between Springhill Road and the Woodside Park in Upper Auchenback (known locally as the Jerries).
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    Operation Crusader

    ‘They're Jerries!’ echoed many as the German infantrymen ran down into the wadi and, as if to show that they did not intend to be trifled with, fired a few bullets into the sand.`` ... ↑ Editorial commebt made by Liddle Hart, he states this figure includes both German and Italian tank losses.

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• Word of Faith,
• Wobbly lingo,
• Cunt,
• Scrabble,
• Tax protester statutory arguments,
• List of British words not widely used in the United States,
• Zeon,
• Barrhead,
• Operation Crusader