Phrase guide
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noun
A position on the rings where the gymnast holds the rings straight out on either side of the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: gymnastics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
an acrobatic maneuver where the skier remains upright, but the lower leg bends back at the knee 90 degrees, and the ankles twist 45 degrees, so that the back of the skis form a right-angle cross
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: moguls freestyle skiing
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
A defensive strategy in which the two defencemen, a forward and the goaltender align themselves in a diamond shape so that imaginary lines drawn through the two defencemen and through the forward and goaltender form the shape of a cross.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports
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noun
A house plant, Oxalis tetraphylla.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Iron Cross (“a cross pattée used as a German military decoration”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
(formerly) the second highest military decoration of Germany, under the military order of the Pour le Mérite, or the cross pattée shape of this decoration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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History
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Across languages
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