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- Maecenas
- Donations from Maecenases of Yiddish literature have greatly enriched the library's collection
- vaudeville
- 1 : a light often comic theatrical piece frequently combining pantomime, dialogue, dancing, and song
- snowbird
- : any of several birds (as a junco or fieldfare) seen chiefly in winter
- clairvoyant
- having the ability to see beyond the range of ordinary perception
- manqué
- short of or frustrated in the fulfillment of one's aspirations or talents -- used postpositively
- chuck-will's-widow
- It was a cool, still night, and we could hear a chuck-will's-widow calling from over the hill.
- limpid
- Autumn leaves float on a limpid stream through which you can see the shadows they cast on the stones below."
- confabulate
- 1 : to talk informally : chat
- escapade
- a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct
- rambunctious
- marked by uncontrollable exuberance
- toady
- one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant
- Harry
- 1 : to make a pillaging or destructive raid on