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name
Acronym of Seed Crushers and Oil Processors Association.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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noun
Any of various clusters of hair of non-parasitic bees that serve to carry pollen. In parasitic Hymenoptera it refers to a local patch of hairs, regardless of function.
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noun
A Neapolitan card game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: card-games, games
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History
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin scōpa (“broom”) (Classical Latin scōpae (“twigs, broom”)). Compare Spanish escoba (“broom”).
Borrowed from Italian scopa and Neapolitan scopa.
Across languages
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