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Bouvier

A Bouvier is a dog. A certain race to be exact, they have a curly fur and come in various sizes. Most Bouviers are black or white.
We have brought another puppy into our home, he's a four month old Bouvier and he's very cute.
by Jafje February 1, 2007
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Trowel

1. A small hand tool with a short handle and a flat, usually pointed blade used for spreading, shaping, and smoothing plaster, cement, mortar or dirt.

2. A gardner's hand tool with a short handle and a curved tapering blade, used for making holes to put plants and seedlings in and for other light digging work.

So in fact it's just a small spade-ish tool.
1. Builders use trowels to flatten cement.
2. A gardner uses a trowel to dig SMALL holes.
by Jafje April 15, 2007
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Friesland

Province in the Northern part of The Netherlands. Known for its many polders, rivers, lakes... Lots of water there. Also a province where many farmers still ware "klompen" (= wooden shoes).
They speak "Fryske" (= Friesch) in Friesland.

They also speak Dutch in Friesland.
by Jafje May 20, 2007
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Promptly

ADJECTIVE:

1. Done immediately, at once and without delay.

VERB:

1. To make somebody decide to do something.

2. To cause something to happen

3. To provide actors during a performance with words or lines they have forgotten.

4. To suggest something that somebody ought to say, or give a reminder to a speaker.

NOUN:

1. A reminder to a performer of the words or lines he or she has forgotten.

2. The act or occasion of reminding a performer of forgotten words or lines.

3. A symbol or message displayed on a computer monitor or an audio signal informing a computer user that some input is required.

4. The time limit of payment for goods or services, as indicated on a prompt note.
ADJECTIVE:

1. She promptly made coffee.

VERB:

1. What prompted him to change his mind, we don't yet know.
2. Fears of inflation prompted an immediate rise in interest rates.
3. He had to be prompted three times in the first scene.
4. His wife had to prompt him to mention the cleaning staff.

NOUN:

1. The reminder itself.
2. The reminding.
3. A computer symbol.
4. Time limit.
by Jafje April 15, 2007
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Brussels

Capital of Europe. Language spoken there is Dutch; The Dutch spelling of the word is Brussel.
I don't live in Brussels.
by Jafje May 20, 2007
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Circumscribe

1. Restrict: To limit the power of something or somebody to act independently.

2. Enclose within geometric shape: To draw one geometric figure around another so that they touch at every corner vertex (corner) of the enclosed figure or at every side of the enclosing figure without cutting across each other.
To circumscribe someone.
by Jafje April 15, 2007
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Respite

1. Brief interval of rest: A brief period of rest and recovery between periods of exertion or after something disagreeable.

2. Delay: A temporary delay.

3. Law reprieve: A temporary stay of execution of a criminal.
The woman was given some days of respite, she didn't have to work for some days after what happened.
by Jafje April 5, 2007
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