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Collyer brothers

(Homer, 1882–1947) (Langely, 1886–1947) wealthy brothers who lived barren and secluded lives in junk-laden Harlem mansion. [Am. Hist.: Facts (1947) 116; Am. Lit.: My Brother’s Keeper.]

See : Miserliness

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No references found			It's all a far cry from the first version of the game, developed by the Everton-mad Collyer brothers Oliver and Paul, which launched in 1982 for the late, lamented ZX Spectrum computer. ONLY A GAME? ..Try telling that to Robbie, Paolo, 35 divorced wives ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Having its world premiere at Burbank's Colony Theatre, ``Clutter,'' by playwright Mark Saltzman, is a complicated, overly expositional chronicle of the Collyer brothers that is burdened with a plethora of facts and subplots. TOO MUCH EXCESS IN 'CLUTTER' by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Fink: Marcia Davenport wrote a book based on the Collyer brothers called "My Brother's Keeper," in which the story of their reclusive lives and their peculiar habits was beautifully told. Fink! Still at large: pack-rat eccentricity or mental illness? ... by Fink, Paul J. / Clinical Psychiatry News			colloidal instability colloidal mixer colloidal osmotic pressure colloidal silver Colloidal Sulfur colloidal suspension colloidal system colloider Colloids Collop Monday collophane collophanite Colloquial Speech Colloquium colloquy Collor de Mello, Fernando Collot d'Herbois, Jean Marie Collot Dherbois, Jean Marie Collot, Marie Anne Collothecacea Collothecidae collotype collusion colluviarium Colluvium Collyer brothers Collyritidae Colma Colman, Benjamin Colman, Norman Jay Colman, Ronald Colman, Samuel, Jr. Colmar Colmatage Colmol miner Coloane, Francisco Colobinae Coloboma Colobus colobus monkey Colocasia colocation Colocynth colog cologarithm Cologne Cologne brown Cologne Communist Trial of 1852 Cologne earth Cologne Workers Union Cologne, University of			Collusive agreement Collusive pricing Collusive pricing Collusive pricing collusively collusively collusively collusiveness collusiveness Collusory Collusory collutorium collutory collutory colluvia colluvia colluvial colluvial colluviarium Colluviation Colluviation Colluvies colluvium colluvium colluvium colluviums colluviums colly Colly-westonward Collybist Collyer brothers Collyer Mansion Collyer Mansion Collyers' Mansion collyria collyria Collyriclum Collyritidae collyrium collyrium collyriums collyriums collywobbles Colm Colm Cille Colm Cille Colm Garan Thomas Colma Colma Colma, California Colmado Colmado Colmado Colman Colman Colman hawkins Colman Manufacturing Co. Colman, Benjamin Colman, Norman Jay Colman, Ronald Colman, Samuel, Jr.

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