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giro
  • n  a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office
  • n  a British financial system in which a bank or a post office transfers money from one account to another when they receive authorization to do so
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giro account
  • n  an account at a post office that can be used in similar ways to an account at a bank
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giro cheque
  • n  a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office
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girolamo savonarola
  • n  Italian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498)
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gironde
  • n  the French moderate political party that was in power (1791-1793) during the French Revolution
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girondin
  • n  a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins
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girondist
  • n  a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins
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girru
  • n  the Babylonian god of fire; often invoked in incantations against sorcery
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girth
  • n  the distance around a person's body
  • n  stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
  • v  tie a cinch around
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gish
  • n  United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993)
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gismo
  • n  something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
  • n  a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
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gist
  • n  the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
  • n  the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
    the gist of the prosecutor's argument
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