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<a href="https://www.thefreedictionary.com/martinet" rel="nofollow">martinet</a></h3></td></tr>
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<h3><a href="//idioms.thefreedictionary.com/long+pig" rel="nofollow">long pig</a></h3><span>obsolete Human flesh when eaten as food by cannibals.</span>
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<h3>San Fermin Festival</h3><span>The festivities surrounding this well-known festival in <a rel="nofollow" href="//encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Pamplona">Pamplona</a>, Spain, honoring the city's bishop, begin with a rocket fired from the balcony of the town hall. Bands of <i>txistularis</i>&mdash;with dancers, drummers, and <i>txistu</i> players (a musical instrument like a flute)&mdash;march through the town playing songs announcing the "<a rel="nofollow" href="//encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/running+of+the+bulls">running of the bulls</a>," an event that has taken place here for 400 years. Each morning, young men, dressed in typical <a rel="nofollow" href="//encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Basque+people">Basque</a> costumes, risk their lives running through the streets ahead of the bulls being run to the bullring where the bullfights will be held.</span>
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Life may be a vale of tears, all right, but there are some folks who enjoy weeping.
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<div><p><a rel="nofollow" href="//www.thefreedictionary.com/corroboree"><b>corroboree</b></a> - A large, noisy gathering. <a rel="nofollow" href="//www.thefreedictionary.com/corroboree">More...</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="//www.freethesaurus.com/crash"><b>crash</b></a> - May have been created as an imitation of the sound of noisy breaking, or may be a blend of craze and dash. <a rel="nofollow" href="//www.thefreedictionary.com/crash">More...</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="//www.freethesaurus.com/obstreperous"><b>obstreperous</b></a> - Meaning &quot;clamorous, noisy&quot; and &quot;argumentative,&quot; it is from Latin ob-, &quot;against,&quot; and strepere, &quot;to make a noise.&quot; <a rel="nofollow" href="//www.thefreedictionary.com/obstreperous">More...</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="//www.thefreedictionary.com/strepent"><b>strepent</b></a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="//www.thefreedictionary.com/strepitent"><b>strepitent</b></a> - Strepent and strepitent mean &quot;noisy.&quot; <a rel="nofollow" href="//www.thefreedictionary.com/strepent">More...</a></p></div></td></tr></table></div>
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