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Provided by the compucert Potemkin village \puh-TEM(P)-kin\, noun:
- An impressive facade or display that hides an undesirable fact or state; a false front.
- Basic cheap thongs (flip-flops), typically black, which have the strap secured by two plugs under the sole.
He was wearing a flanno, wife beater, stubbies and double pluggers.
Trivia
How many bedrooms are there in Buckingham Palace?
- 240—52 for the royals and 188 for staff.
- Cheers: final episode was viewed by some 93 million (1993)
- East Timor: became an independent nation and the first new sovereign state of the 21st century (2002)
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