Definitions
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- verb slang, Australia to
hide ,vanish ,shadow - noun slang, Australia
no-show , someone who does not show up as expected
Etymologies
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Examples
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Brownea, which the inhabitants call rosa del monte, or palo de cruz, bears four or five hundred purple flowers together in one thyrsus; each flower has invariably eleven stamina, and this majestic plant, the trunk of which grows to the height of fifty or sixty feet, is becoming rare, because its wood yields a highly valued charcoal.
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Brownea, which the inhabitants call rosa del monte, or palo de cruz, bears four or five hundred purple flowers together in one thyrsus; each flower has invariably eleven stamina, and this majestic plant, the trunk of which grows to the height of fifty or sixty feet, is becoming rare, because its wood yields a highly valued charcoal.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Later in the day, Zomegnan presented Fenty with a pink jersey, called the maglia rosa, which is the leader's jersey at the Giro.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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"The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" is by don rosa which is also fantastic
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #133 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007
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When I stop, a guy wearing a "rosa" kit (jersey and cap) stops me.
PezCyclingNews.com 2010
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Nails - Former Kunglers Group gift ( "rosa") nail polish
Fashion World of SL iheartsl.com 2010
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Nails - Former Kunglers Group gift ( "rosa") nail polish
Fashion World of SL iheartsl.com 2010
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Nails - Former Kunglers Group gift ( "rosa") nail polish
Fashion World of SL iheartsl.com 2010
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Solution: only question is whether we put policy questions explicitly on the table or ask them sub rosa.
Archive 2009-08-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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So Oscar, if you have not yet visited our city of cantera rosa I hope you have the opportunity to do so soon.
bilby commented on the word rosa
Italian soccer jargon - playing squad.
September 15, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word rosa
The term is also used, more generally, for any selected group of people - candidates, favorites...
September 15, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word rosa
Italian - "Pink". A "romanzo rosa" is a romance novel.
February 20, 2010