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SLYPES
Noun
slypes
plural of slype
Source: Wiktionary
SLYPE
Slype, n. Etym: [Cf. D. sluipen to sneak.] (Arch.)
Definition: A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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24 May 2025
EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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