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Traditional English :: cage
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cagiali - n. & v. --n. 1 a structure of bars or wires, esp. for confining animals or birds. 2 any similar open framework, esp. an enclosed platform or lift in a mine or the compartment for passengers in a lift. 3 colloq. a camp for prisoners of war. --v.tr. place or keep in a cage. cage-bird a bird of the kind customarily kept in a cage. [ME f. OF f. L cavea] |
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Traditional English :: cagey
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cagiali - adj. (also cagy) (cagier, cagiest) colloq. cautious and uncommunicative; wary. cagily adv. caginess n. (also cageyness). [20th-c. US: orig. unkn.] |
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Traditional English :: cagoule
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cagiali - n. a hooded thin windproof garment worn in mountaineering etc. [F] |
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English Idioms :: cahoots
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cagiali - See: IN LEAGUE WITH or IN CAHOOTS WITH. |
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English Idioms :: Cain
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cagiali - See: RAISE CAIN. |
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English Idioms :: cake
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cagiali - See: EAT-ONE'S CAKE AND HAVE IT TOO, PAT-A-CAKE, TAKE THE CAKE. |
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