beaut

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“
Fleet knew he was a gentleman before he came to the store Father, if I should have the smallpox and live, would my beaut--would I become a fright Not necessarily.

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  1. noun Slang Something outstanding of its kind: "When I make a mistake, it's a beaut!” (Fiorello H. La Guardia).

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  • It was a beaut, with red and yellow roses as big as my head on a blue background. —  The Black Mountain
  • Aside from labeling Obama a radical this morning on NBC's uncorked this beaut: —  Media Matters for America - Limbaugh Wire
  • Dengeki Online, and it's a bit of a beaut (or it will be when it's not quite as fuzzy and the watermark is removed), but most intriguing of all is the new game's 'bingo mode'. —  Wii Wii
  • Today will be a beaut - mostly sunny and breezy with a high near 65 degrees.
  • Snippets of news and views from round the globe with a regular presentation of happenings in western Victoria, Australia recycles some withering insults, including this beaut: —  Slattsnews
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