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English Dictionary: kick the bucket |
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DICT Development Group |
kick the bucket
v 1: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and
functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from
cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient
went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age
of 102" [syn: {die}, {decease}, {perish}, {go}, {exit},
{pass away}, {expire}, {pass}, {kick the bucket}, {cash in
one's chips}, {buy the farm}, {conk}, {give-up the ghost},
{drop dead}, {pop off}, {choke}, {croak}, {snuff it}] [ant:
{be born}]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Kistvaen \Kist"vaen\ (k[icr]st"v[amac]n), n. [W. cist-faen.]
(Arch[91]ol.)
A Celtic monument, commonly known as a {dolmen}.
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Kaktovik, AK (city, FIPS 36990)
Location: 70.04918 N, 143.63703 W
Population (1990): 224 (82 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 99747
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