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muggle
(encz) | muggle,nekouzelník n: z Harryho Pottera Pavel Machek |
muggle
(jargon) | muggle
[from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books, 1998] A non-wizard. Not as
disparaging as luser; implies vague pity rather than contempt. In the
universe of Rowling's enormously (and deservedly) popular children's
series, muggles and wizards inhabit the same modern world, but each group
is ignorant of the commonplaces of the others' existence — most muggles are
unaware that wizards exist, and wizards (used to magical ways of doing
everything) are perplexed and fascinated by muggle artifacts.
In retrospect it seems completely inevitable that hackers would adopt this
metaphor, and in hacker usage it readily forms compounds such as
muggle-friendly. Compare luser, mundane, chainik, newbie.
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smuggle
(encz) | smuggle,pašovat v: Petr Prášek |
smuggled
(encz) | smuggled,pašovaný adj: Petr Prášek |
smuggler
(encz) | smuggler,pašerácká loď n: Petr Prášeksmuggler,pašerák n: Petr Prášek |
smugglers
(encz) | smugglers,pašeráci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Muggletonian
(gcide) | Muggletonian \Mug`gle*to"ni*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
One of an extinct sect, named after Ludovic Muggleton, an
English journeyman tailor, who (about 1657) claimed to be
inspired. --Eadie.
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Smuggle
(gcide) | Smuggle \Smug"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smuggled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Smuggling.] [Of Low German or Scand. origin; cf. LG.
smuggeln, D. smokkelen, G. schmuggeln, Dan. smugle, Sw. smyga
to introduce or convey secretly, Dan. i smug secretly, D.
smuigen to eat in secret, AS. sm?gan to creep. See Smock.]
1. To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to
import or export without paying the duties imposed by law;
as, to smuggle lace.
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2. Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely.
[1913 Webster]Smuggle \Smug"gle\, v. i.
To import or export in violation of the customs laws.
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Smuggled
(gcide) | Smuggle \Smug"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smuggled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Smuggling.] [Of Low German or Scand. origin; cf. LG.
smuggeln, D. smokkelen, G. schmuggeln, Dan. smugle, Sw. smyga
to introduce or convey secretly, Dan. i smug secretly, D.
smuigen to eat in secret, AS. sm?gan to creep. See Smock.]
1. To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to
import or export without paying the duties imposed by law;
as, to smuggle lace.
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2. Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely.
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Smuggler
(gcide) | Smuggler \Smug"gler\, n.
1. One who smuggles.
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2. A vessel employed in smuggling.
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smuggle
(wn) | smuggle
v 1: import or export without paying customs duties; "She
smuggled cigarettes across the border" |
smuggled
(wn) | smuggled
adj 1: distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no
taxes" [syn: bootleg, black, black-market,
contraband, smuggled] |
smuggler
(wn) | smuggler
n 1: someone who imports or exports without paying duties [syn:
smuggler, runner, contrabandist, moon curser,
moon-curser] |
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