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• Squander Bug — NOEDITSECTION The Squander Bug was a World War II propaganda character created by the British National Savings Committee to discourage wasteful spending. Originally designed by freelance illustrator Phillip Boydell for press adverts, the… …   Wikipedia

• squander — 1580s (implied in squandering), to spend recklessly or prodigiously, of unknown origin; Shakespeare used it 1593 in Merchant of Venice with a sense of to be scattered over a wide area. Squander bug, a British symbol of reckless extravagance and… …   Etymology dictionary

• King's Stand Stakes — NOTOC The King s Stand Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom open to thoroughbreds which are three years old or above. It is run over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres) at Ascot Racecourse, and it takes place annually… …   Wikipedia

• Home front during World War II — U.S. Government Publicity photo of American machine tool worker in Texas. The home front covers the activities of the civilians in a nation at war. World War II was a total war; homeland production became even more invaluable to both the Allied… …   Wikipedia

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• Dunno — The Adventures of Dunno and his Friends book cover Dunno, or Know Nothing (Russian: Незнайка, Neznayka; from the Russian phrase не знаю , don t know) is an anti hero created by the Soviet children s writer Nikolay Nosov. Dunno, recognized by his… …   Wikipedia

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• put out — Synonyms and related words: abash, abashed, abroad, addle, addle the wits, adrift, afflicted, aggravate, aggravated, agitated, ail, air, annoy, annoyed, appall, astound, astray, at sea, ball up, balled up, be the matter, becloud, bedazzle,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• throw — Synonyms and related words: abandon, addle, agitate, amaze, apply, assume, baffle, bake, bamboozle, be confined, be sick, bear, bear a child, bear young, beat, bend, bewilder, blow, blow down, blow over, boggle, bounce, bowl, bowl down, bowl over …   Moby Thesaurus