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bidey, bye, bye!An Expanded 'good-bye' often for close relatives and children!Rate it:

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big boysThe people or bodies with the most influence and/or power.Rate it:

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big yearan informal competition among birdwatchers to see who can see or hear the largest number of species of birds within a single calendar year and within a specific geographical area.Rate it:

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bind and grindMonotony and tediousness of everyday routine. Be it work or home related.Rate it:

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birds and beesInformal sex education, especially describing the sexual activity of animals rather than that of people.Rate it:

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bitch goddessSomeone, specifically a woman, who has such success; a rich and/or famous woman.Rate it:

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bitch goddessSuccess, especially in terms of wealth and fame.Rate it:

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bitch, pleaseWhen you want a bitch to shut up, you hold up your hand, turn away, and say “bitch, please” Similar to the saying “talk to the hand”Rate it:

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bits and bobsA random assortment of things; small remaining pieces and things.Rate it:

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bitter endThat part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains onboard when a ship is riding at anchor.Rate it:

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bitter endThe end of a long and difficult process.Rate it:

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bitter sweetWhen something is Good and Bad; Positive with negative.Rate it:

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blackWithout light.Rate it:

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blackLacking cream, milk, and creamer.Rate it:

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blackBad; evil.Rate it:

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blackAbsorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and colourless.Rate it:

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blackOvercrowded.Rate it:

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black and blueCovered in bruises.Rate it:

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black and whiteA police patrol car.Rate it:

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black and whiteA type of giant cookie with icing on the top side: half white, half dark chocolate.Rate it:

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black and whiteThe police, a police officer.Rate it:

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black as coalCompletely blackRate it:

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black as thunderVery black (especially of a mood, a frown, etc.).Rate it:

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black babiesThird world charities, the missions.Rate it:

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black ballStall, close ranks, make it impossible to make a break throughRate it:

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black beetleUsed other than as an idiom: see black, beetle.Rate it:

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black beetleThe Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros, a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.Rate it:

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black beetleThe European species Feronia nigrita.Rate it:

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black beetleThe African black beetle, Hetronychus arator, a serious pest of grasses in New Zealand.Rate it:

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black beetleA common name for many species of beetle that are black in color, including:The African black beetle, Hetronychus arator, a serious pest of grasses in New Zealand.The Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros, a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.The European species Feronia nigrita.Rate it:

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black beetlePlatyzosteria novae-zelandiae, a similar roach native to New Zealand.Rate it:

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black beetleThe oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis (a large roach from the family Blattidae).Rate it:

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black don't crackPeople of African descent tend to wrinkle less with age than people with fairer skin.Rate it:

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black eyefacial injury where the area around the eye(s) turn blackish, bluish purpleRate it:

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black goldpetroleumRate it:

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black gumA tree native to eastern North America, Nyssa sylvatica.Rate it:

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black gumUsed other than as an idiom: see black, gum.Rate it:

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black magicMagic derived from evil forces, as distinct from good or benign forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing harm.Rate it:

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black manA (male) member of an ethnic group having dark pigmentation of the skin, typically of sub-Saharan African descent.Rate it:

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black manAn evil spirit, a demon.Rate it:

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black manBlack people collectively; black culture.Rate it:

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black manUsed other than as an idiom: see black, man.Rate it:

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black mariapolice vanRate it:

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black marksomething that negatively affects someone's reputationRate it:

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black outTo make dark.Rate it:

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black outTo lose consciousness; to suffer a blackout.Rate it:

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black outTo censor or cover up.Rate it:

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black outTo censor or cover up by writing over with black ink.Rate it:

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black over Bill's mother'sDescribing rain-bearing dark clouds on the horizon.Rate it:

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black rideranother name for "Famine", one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.Rate it:

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