calamity

  • 51Calamity Jane — noun United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852 1903) • Syn: ↑Burk, ↑Martha Jane Burk, ↑Burke, ↑Martha Jane Burke • Instance Hypernyms: ↑frontierswoman * * * Calamity Jane [ …

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  • 52Calamity Jane (album) — Infobox Album Name = Calamity Jane Type = soundtrack Artist = Various artists Released = November 9, 1953 Recorded = Genre = Length = Label = Columbia Producer = Reviews = Last album = This album = Next album = Calamity Jane was the name of a 10… …

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  • 53Calamity Jane (Lucky Luke) — Graphicnovelbox| title= Lucky Luke# 30 Calamity Jane englishtitle= foreigntitle= caption=Cover of the English edition publisher=Dargaud date= series= Lucky Luke origlanguage=French origpublication= Dupuis origissues= origdate= origisbn=… …

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  • 54Calamity Jane — (Martha Jane Canary Burke) 1852? 1903, U.S. frontier markswoman. * * * orig. Martha Jane Cannary born May 1, 1852?, near Princeton, Mo.?, U.S. died Aug. 1, 1903, Terry, near Deadwood, S.D. U.S. frontierswoman. She grew up in Montana and worked in …

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  • 55Calamity Call — A call feature of a Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO) designed primarily to reduce the issuer s reinvestment risk. If the cash flow generated by the underlying collateral is not enough to support the scheduled principal and interest… …

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  • 56Calamity Jane — orig. Martha Jane Cannary (1 may. ¿1852?, ¿cerca de Princeton, Mo.?, EE.UU.–1 ago. 1903, Terry, cerca de Deadwood, S.D.). Colonizadora estadounidense. Se crió en Montana y trabajó en campamentos mineros, donde adquirió pericia para cabalgar y… …

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  • 57calamity — noun a) An event resulting in great loss b) An event implying a degree of awkwardness …

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  • 58calamity — Synonyms and related words: accident, adversity, affliction, bane, blow, bugbear, burden, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, collision, contretemps, crack up, crash, cross, crushing burden, curse, death, desolation, destruction,… …

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  • 59calamity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. catastrophe, disaster. See adversity, evil. Ant., blessing, benefit. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. disaster, cataclysm, distress, trial; see catastrophe , disaster , misfortune 1 , 2 , tragedy 2 . See… …

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  • 60calamity — ca|lam|i|ty [ kə læməti ] noun count or uncount an event that causes serious damage or causes a lot of people to suffer, for example a flood or fire: DISASTER a. used humorously about something that is annoying but not really serious ╾… …

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