CROUPY

croupy

(adjective) resembling or arising from or indicating croup

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

croupy (comparative croupier, superlative croupiest)

Of, pertaining to, suggestive of, or caused by croup.

Source: Wiktionary


Croup"y (krp"), a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as, a croupy cough.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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IMMOBILIZATION

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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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