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81cloak-and-dagger — adj Of or about spies and secret agents. It was a cloak and dagger story about some spies who tried to steal atomic secrets. The book was written by a retired colonel who used to take part in cloak and dagger plots. (From the wearing of cloaks… …
82cloak-and-dagger — adjective Marked by menacing furtive secrecy, often with a melodramatic tint or espionage involved. Israel wages cloak and dagger war on Iran headline, The Age, February 18, 2009 by Philip Sherwell and Dina Kraft [ …
83Cloak Lane — West out of Dowgate Hill to 66 Queen Street (P.O. Directory). In Walbrook, Dowgate, and Vintry Wards. First mention: O. and M. 1677. Former name : Horshew bridge street (S. 230). So called, as Stow says, of Horseshoe bridge over the… …
84cloak and dagger — see cloak and dagger …
85cloak fern — /ˈkloʊk fɜn/ (say klohk fern) noun 1. any of various ferns of the genus Notholaena with pinnately compound leaves; native chiefly to the temperate and tropical Americas. 2. any of various unrelated ferns, as the woolly cloak fern …
86cloak-and-sworder — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) : a cloak and sword novel or drama …
87cloak — Synonyms and related words: alibi, apology, apply to, arm, armor, becloud, befog, blanket, bless, blind, block, bonnet, boot, breech, camouflage, canopy, cap, cape, champion, clothe, cloud, coat, coif, color, compass about, conceal, concealment,… …
88cloak — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cape, wrap, mantle, robe, burnoose, domino; shield, disguise. See clothing, concealment. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An outer garment] Syn. mantle, wrap, shawl; see coat 1 . 2. [Something that covers or… …
89cloak — kləʊk n. loose sleeveless outer garment that fastens at the neck and hangs down the back; mask, disguise; something that covers, something which conceals v. cover, conceal …
90cloak — I. n. 1. Mantle. 2. Mask, veil, cover, blind, pretext. II. v. a. Mask, hide, veil, cover. III. n. 1. Timekeeper, timepiece, horologe. 2. Beetle, scarab, scarabee, scarabaeus, coleopter. 3 …
