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heavy 1. having a relatively high density 2. (of soil) having a high clay content; cloggy 3. (of an industry) engaged in the large-scale complex manufacture of capital goods or extraction of raw materials 4. cloudy or overcast, esp threatening rain 5. (of an element or compound) being or containing an isotope with greater atomic weight than that of the naturally occurring element 6. Horse racing (of the going on a racecourse) soft and muddy 7. a. a villainous role b. an actor who plays such a part 8. Scot strong bitter beer How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Even in Nigeria, the fifth-largest oil producer in the world, millions of children do backbreaking work. UCLA's backbreaking run started in the most unlikely of ways, as center Lorenzo Mata stole the ball and dribbled down the court. This chapter shows how ideas about race and labor segmentation relegated Mexican men to work in the poorly paid, backbreaking industry of brick making and confined them and their families to the "ethnic borders" of the company town. |
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