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Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment
striated
marked with stripes or streaks
Cukor
George Dewey Cukor (1899-1983) was an American film director.
Murnau in Méliès's fiberglass lap
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (1888-1931) was a German expressionist filmmaker who later worked in Hollywood. He made the classic vampire film Noferatu. Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès (1861-1938) was a French filmmaker, famous for the silent A Voyage to the Moon.
cummerbund
the band of fabric worn around the waist with a tuxedo
M.I.T.-crested
see right
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low-pH chemist
i.e., he worked with acids
piebald
having patches of black and white
G.W. Pabst
Georg Wilhelm Pabst (1885-1967) was a Bohemian-born Austrian filmmaker.
sorghum
a type of widely eaten grain
tumefies
swells
sororal
another word for "sisterly"
sub-rosa
From the Latin "under the rose," this word means secretly held.
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sienna-glazed
glazed with an earth-based pigment
polyresin
a resin compound used to make figurines, among other things
staccato
in music, notes that are sounded in a detached and distinct manner
cataract
In the non-ophthalmic sense, this word means "waterfall."
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NOTRE RAI PAYS
Notre pays is French for "our country." I don't know what "RAI" is supposed to mean; apparently, in French, it's a type of Algerian music.
.473-liter
a pint
Big Red Soda Water
apparently a real brand
Chore Boy
a brand of scrubbing pads
two-k. square
0.77 square miles
selvage
the finished edge of a piece of fabric, so done to prevent fraying
delimits
establishes the boundaries of
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