very old; old fashioned
Derek Rae
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The man is clearly unwell mentally. In the UK, for all its faults, the men in grey suits would have visited long ago & ended this once & for all.
Apparently no such equivalents in the USA. No one would ever found a country with this archaic & bizarre political system.
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Golden Age of Piracy
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Archaic word of the day:
champaign - open level countryside; a battlefield (First recorded in 1350; Middle English champai from Latin campānia, meaning campaign)
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Golden Age of Piracy
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Archaic word of the day:
buss - a kiss (First recorded in 1560; either from French baiser, German Kuss both words for a kiss, or the Scottish word bus, meaning cheek, lip, or mouth)
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