across the board »
A racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third.
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balls up »
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ball up.
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bawdy basket »
The twenty-third rank of canters, who carry pins, tape, ballads, and obscene books to sell, but live mostly by stealing.
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black babies »
Third world charities, the missions.
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blue moon »
The third full moon in a quarter that contains four rather than the usual three full moons.
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blue note »
Notes added to the major scale for expressive quality in jazz and blues music, particularly the flatted third, fifth and seventh.
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clogs to clogs in three generations »
(UK) Wealth earned in one generation seldom lasts through the third (grandchild
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hedge one's bets »
To place bets with a third party in order to offset potential losses.
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joe job »
An act of e-mail spamming where the sender's identity and address are those of an innocent third party, intended either to tarnish that person's reputation or to flood that person's e-mail with bounces.
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lion »
The arms of the University of the West Indies are Barry wavy of six Argent and Azure an open Book proper bound Gules garnished Or on a Chief of the third a Lion passant guardant Erminois. Crest: A Pelican proper. . See talk page.
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third degree »
Intensive rough interrogation in order to extract information or a confession.
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third hand »
Not new, having more than one previous owner.
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third rate »
inferior
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third string »
A unit of players that plays behind the first and second strings; a junior varsity team.
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third string »
Of a decidedly lower quality or condition.
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third time's a charm »
One is sure to succeed at a task or event on the third try.
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third wheel »
A person or thing that serves no useful purpose.
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who's 'she', the cat's mother%3F »
A rebuke especially directed towards children for having referred to their mother, or any other woman in the third person, instead of using a properly respectful title or their name when appropriate.
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wisdom tooth »
third molar
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