[Ads-l] Words that end in letter "v"

[George Thompson]

"perv"?

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On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 10:05 AM Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Any other words that end in letter "v"?
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> A.Word.A.Daywith Anu Garg
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> spiv
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> PRONUNCIATION:
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> MEANING:
> noun: An unscrupulous person or a petty criminal, especially one who is
> sharply dressed.
> verb intr.: To make a living unscrupulously.
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> Tom Zurinskas,  Originally from SW Conn 20 yrs,  college NE Tenn 3,  work
> SE NJ  33,  resides SE Florida 18...  truespel.com
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-- 
George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
Univ. Pr., 1998.

But when aroused at the Trump of Doom / Ye shall start, bold kings, from
your lowly tomb. . .
L. H. Sigourney, "Burial of Mazeen", Poems.  Boston, 1827, p. 112

The Trump of Doom -- also known as The Dunghill Toadstool.  (Here's a
picture of his great-grandfather.)
http://www.parliament.uk/worksofart/artwork/james-gillray/an-excrescence---a-fungus-alias-a-toadstool-upon-a-dunghill/3851

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