Scripps Spelling Bee Merriam Dutch Study and Challenge Words – Flashcards
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keelhaul
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punish (someone) by dragging them through the water under the keel of a ship, either across the width or from bow to stern.
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bowery
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section of NY where bums hang out
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easel
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freebooter
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trawl
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large wide-mouthed fish net
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beleaguer
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cruller
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twisted donut
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brackish
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howitzer
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crimp
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stipple
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klompen
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polder
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catkin
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Flemish
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huckster
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frolic
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ravel
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tattle
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isinglass
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jelly like material from fish (pronounced eyezin-glass)
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excise
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foist
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gulden
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unit of currency...think "golden" with a '"u" instead of "o";
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guilder
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croon
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hock
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boodle
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daffodil
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potash
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poh-tash; form of potassium used to improve soil.
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scow
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bruin
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waywiser
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spoor
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mizzle
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light rain or drizzle
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mynheer
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Dutch title of respect, like "dear sir"
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waterzooi
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pronounced "water" or "vater"-zoo-ee or -zoo-eye; type of stew (think of a stew with water and zoo animals in it with an "i" on the end)
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flense
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to strip the skin or fat from a carcass. think "flesh" like flense
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muishond
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type of African black/white weasel; sounds like "mooeyshond"
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witloof
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type of herb
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springbok
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type of gazelle
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maelstrom
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bobbejaan
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baboon; pronounced "boba-john";
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keeshond
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type of dog
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voortrekker
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group of pioneers who trekked from Cape colony in S.Africa.
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uitlander
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foreigner or outsider..."ooh-it lander" or "ate-lander"
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hollandaise
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galjoen
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type of marine fish in S.Africa
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schipperke
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dog-small Belgian breed; pronounced "ship-perk," "skip-perk" or "skip-perkee"
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apartheid
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policy or system of segregation b
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hartebeest
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large African antelope
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keest
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marrow
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wainscot
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wood paneling on lower part of wall (like dad's office); pronounced "waynesket"
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roodebok
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type of antelope; "roody-bok"
