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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In pathology, a constant spasmodic trembling of the upper eyelid. Sometimes called life's-blood.

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  • ADVERTISEMENT cillo had come close to sacking Brissett for a series of off-field misdemeanours, but team-mate Bobby Barnes managed to persuade the club to give him another chance.

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  • ADVERTISEMENT cillo had come close to sacking Brissett for a series of off-field misdemeanours, but team-mate Bobby Barnes managed to persuade the club to give him another chance.

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  • [Footnote 178: If a noun ends in _n_ (except proper names like "Juan") or _r, ito, ico, illo, uelo_, change into = cito, cico, cillo, zuelo =.

    Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.) C. A. Toledano

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