Cloots
[ klohts ]
/ kloʊts /
noun
Jean Bap·tiste du Val-de-Grâce [zhahn ba-teest dy val duh-grahs] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dü val dəˈgrɑs/, Baron deAnacharsis Clootz,1755–94, Prussian leader in the French Revolution.
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game were going to play.
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cloot
[ kloot; Scot. klyt ]
/ klut; Scot. klüt /
noun Scot. and North England.
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
(usually initial capital letter) Often Cloots. Satan; the devil.
Origin of cloot
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