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Date: Thu May 9 00:56:07 EDT 1996
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--babbitt
1. bab.bitt \'bab-*t\ n : a babbitt-metal lining for a bearing
2. babbitt vt : to line or furnish with babbitt metalBab.bitt \'bab-*t\ \-*-tre-\ n [George F. Babbitt, character in the novel Babbitt (1922) by Sincla]ir Lewis : a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly
to prevailing middle-class standards - Bab.bitt.ry n
(And lacking any intellectual aspirations.)
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