fade out »
A type of transition used in movies usually at the end of a scene, in which the transition fades to black from the cut.
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fifth wheel »
A type of trailer hitch, which consists of a horseshoe-shaped plate on a multi-directional pivot, with a locking pin to couple with the kingpin of a truck trailer.
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good old boy »
A friendly, unambitious, relatively uneducated, sometimes racially biased white man who embodies the stereotype of the folksy culture of the rural southern USA.
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hardball »
In baseball, a type of ball and baseball game, as opposed to softball.
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light middleweight »
type of boxer
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middle of the road »
Of a type of melodic popular music that has wide appeal.
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second nature »
A mindset, skill, or type of behavior so ingrained through habit or practice that it seems natural, automatic, or without a basis in conscious thought.
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smoke signal »
A type of flare or combustion device sometimes used as a distress signal.
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snake oil »
A type of 19th century patent medicine sold in the United States that claimed to contain snake fat, supposedly a Native American remedy for various ailments.
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