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Provided by the compucert cadge \KAJ\, transitive verb:
- To beg or obtain by begging; to sponge.
- To beg; to sponge.
- the (often annoying to others who don't share it) overly happy attitude of early birders - often associated with a great eagerness to call 7am committee meetings and to embark on sales-related shopping trips that mimic dawn raids on enemy encampments
"it's his earlybirditude i can't stand - he doesn't seem to realize that if i'm awake at 6am it's because i'm still up from the day before, not because i had a sudden urge to go running"
"only the most manic earlybirditude could make the shopping mall seem appealing the morning after thanksgiving"
Trivia
What dog is considered by Muslims to be a sacred dog sent by Allah?
- The Saluki, which is believed to be the oldest breed of domesticated dog.
- Truman Doctrine: became US law; it encouraged aid to countries under communist threat (1947)
- Mary Cassatt (1844-1926): painter best known for her images of mother and child
- Sir Laurence Olivier (1907-1989): stage and screen actor; other actors born on this date include Charles Aznavour (84), Michael Constantine (81), Richard Benjamin and Frank Converse (both 70), Michael Sarrazin (68) and Anna Belknap and Alison Eastwood (both 36)
- Naomi Campbell (38): 1990s supermodel
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