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May-day sweep n

One of the brightly-clad chimney sweeps, carrying garlands and a blackened broom, who participated in May Day parades: "as jocund among us, as a May-day sweep" (Punch), "with a thing only fit for a May-day sweep on one’s head" (The Kafir at Home)

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adversity n

(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity. (countable) An event that is adverse; calamity

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hue and cry n

(historical) The public pursuit of a felon; accompanied by shouts to warn others to give chase. (by extension) A loud and persistent public clamour; especially one of protest or making some demand

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morpheme n

(linguistics) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable"

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