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English Idioms :: harum-scarum(1)
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harucinator.html - {adv.}, {informal} In a careless, disorderly or reckless way. * /Jim does his homework harum-scarum, and that is why his schoolwork is so poor./ |
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English Idioms :: harum-scarum(2)
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harucinator.html - {adj.}, {informal} Careless, wild, or disorderly in one's acts or performance; reckless. * /Jack is such a harum-scarum boy that you can never depend on him to do anything right./ |
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Traditional English :: harum-scarum
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harucinator.html - adj. & n. colloq. --adj. --n. such a person. [rhyming form. on HARE, SCARE] |
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Traditional English :: haruspex
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harucinator.html - n. (pl. haruspices) a Roman religious official who interpreted omens from the inspection of animals' entrails. |
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English Idioms :: hard
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harucinator.html - See: GIVE A HARD TIME, GO HARD WITH, SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS. |
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English Idioms :: hard as nails
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harucinator.html - {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Not flabby or soft; physically very fit; tough and strong. * /After a summer of work in the country, Jack was as hard as nails, without a pound of extra weight./ 2. Not gentle or mild; rough; stern. * /Johnny works for a boss who is as hard as nails and scolds Johnny roughly whenever he does something wrong./ |
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