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• mockery — n. 1) to make a mockery of 2) a mere mockery * * * [ mɒk(ə)rɪ] a mere mockery to make a mockery of …   Combinatory dictionary

• mockery — /ˈmɒkəri / (say mokuhree) noun (plural mockeries) 1. ridicule or derision. 2. a derisive action or speech. 3. a subject or occasion of derision. 4. an imitation, especially of a ridiculous or unsatisfactory kind. 5. a mere travesty, or mocking… …  

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• Thomas C. Sharp — Thomas Coke Sharp (September 25, 1818 – April 9, 1894) was a prominent opponent of Joseph Smith, Jr. and the Latter Day Saints in Illinois in the 1840s. Sharp promoted his anti Mormon views largely through the Warsaw Signal newspaper, of which he …   Wikipedia

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• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

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