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This tag is for questions seeking a single word that fits a meaning. To ensure that your question is not closed as off-topic, please be specific about the intended use of the word. INCLUDE A SAMPLE SENTENCE demonstrating how the word would be used. Click on "Info", or "View Tag" and "Learn more..." for more information. Please use the [phrase-requests] tag if you seek a phrase and the [terminology] tag if you seek a term in a specialized subject also.
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Word for sleeping somewhere for one night
A phrase used quite often here in Scotland, but comes from Old English is Bide
Remain or Stay Somewhere:
"How long must I bide here to wait for the answer>"
It's more commonly used to indicate "to l …
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What do you call something that causes fear?
One option is Terror
Informal. a person or thing that is especially annoying or unpleasant.
Even more so in British usage:
A person or thing that inspires great dread
This fits …
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A verb for "picking small bits of food from the tray or the main plate before it is served o...
One option in BrEng is snaffle. From Cambridge Dictionaries Online:
to take something quickly for yourself, in a way that prevents someone else from having or using it
In your examples:
Kid …
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Is there a specific word for a two-floored house?
Depending on the size of the house, BrEng has the following phrase:
two-up two-down
From the Cambridge Dictionary:
a small house on two levels that has just two main rooms on the ground floo …
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Does a word meaning "Created Recklessly for Temporary Use" exist?
Just to provide another option, you could use throwaway
(adj) Denoting or relating to products that are intended to be discarded after being used once or a few times.
(n) A thing intended to be disca …
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